capital fellow
Example Sentences
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He seems to be a capital fellow, and, as he is a member of the Staten Club, I suppose he needs no further patent of respectability.
From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)
He was no longer considered a capital fellow, but was looked upon as a pushing parvenu.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
"No, papa; but he says he is sure Giacomo can explain everything,—for he is a capital fellow, and honest as the sun!"
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
Be good to him; he is a capital fellow in his odd, amusing way.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose
He knew a very capital fellow, and a good sailor, James Wall by name.
From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard
