currish
Example Sentences
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In spite of all these Roman basilisks, That seek to quell us with their currish looks, We will to Pontus: we'll have gold, my hearts; Those oriental pearls shall deck our brows.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
He dreads his departure with a trembling, currish fear; and I should hardly be doing good to him were I to force him to depart in a frame of mind so poor and piteous.
From The Fixed Period by Trollope, Anthony
He was a cur, and denied the accusation in a currish manner, hardly intended to create belief.
From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Trollope, Anthony
His face was unhealthy and currish, the eyes were malicious, and above his ears were combed two large tufts of glossy hair.
From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Gillespie, Mrs. W. A.
Such rival Leos flourish, And mutual hatred nourish, With a snapping almost currish, upon Afric's shore.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 2, 1891 by Various
