currish

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There are faces which, in their usual form, seem to bluster with prosperity, but which the loss of a dozen points at whist will reduce to that currish aspect which reminds one of a dog-whip.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony

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

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry

As one well-fed dog is sure to be snarlish to a poorer brother—poor human nature—this currish principle is but too true when applied to us.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander

But now the case is otherwise, now he is in another frame, now his proud, stout, currish carriage, is come down; 'And he cried.'

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

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.)