currish

Example Sentences

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

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

No man can serve two masters, and though to be the victim of the rival ambitions of greater men than yourself is no uncommon fate, it is a currish one.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

All ferocity suddenly died out, leaving only alarm, a desperate, currish terror.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

Thus oft we see a currish, Mungrel Crew, A stately Mastiff eagerly pursue.

From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by Guerinot, J. V. (Joseph V.)

Let Aesop fable in a winter's night;     His currish riddle sorts not with this place.

From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William