netlike

Example Sentences

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He learned of handsome examples of porcelain, statuary, Greek vase forms, lovely collections of Japanese ivories and netsukes.

From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore

Sometimes Mrs. Krauss would linger for fifteen minutes, sometimes for longer, talking over netsukes and Hong Kong with Ah Shee.

From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

My dear Sophy, I've got such treasures—such finds; real, old netsukes, signed, and so cheap!

From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

"Oh, Aunt Flora comes to Ah Shee's shop hunting for ivories; she is collecting netsukes."

From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

Just before he died he was trading netsukes for inros and getting ready to sell all these latter to a man, who in turn was going to sell his collection to a museum.

From Twelve Men by Dreiser, Theodore