currish

Example Sentences

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I miss animal life sadly in these parts: the dogs I see about the streets are few in number, and miserably currish specimens of their kind.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

True to his low, currish nature, he crept upon us unawares.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

His face was unhealthy and currish, the eyes were malicious, and above his ears were combed two large tufts of glossy hair.

From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Gillespie, Mrs. W. A.

It seems a currish fate that puts such men into the grasp of paltry and sordid cares like these!

From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons

Why should you stand between me and my rights in this currish way?

From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.