currish
Example Sentences
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All ferocity suddenly died out, leaving only alarm, a desperate, currish terror.
From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell
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.
It is a currish thing to look upon death in battle or by hara-kiri as a pollution: this is a thing to bear in mind.
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
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
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
