capital fellow
Example Sentences
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This man is up to everything; he is a capital fellow.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
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)
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
Some called him "poor Norwood," and expressed sorrow for him; others said he was a capital fellow, up to everything, and that they were delighted at his coming.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
He was no longer considered a capital fellow, but was looked upon as a pushing parvenu.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
