considering cap

Example Sentences

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Rose resolved he should speak, took off her considering cap, and went to bed.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

Well, now, sir, I did hear," replied Mrs. Duff, putting on her considering cap again, "it were some religious place, sir, that's talked of a good deal in the Bible.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

This morning I put on my considering cap an' was a-thinking and a-thinking when who should pop her face in but my cousin Betty Higgins as lives at Hampstead.

From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward

"You've got your considering cap on, camarade; what's it about?"

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater

So Mr. Madgin was left alone with what he called his "considering cap."

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.