askant
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"Mamma," said she, her eyes cast down, her head askant like a shy bird's, "I am afraid I have a lover!"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
Can I dream of intruding upon a class of men who will ever look at me askant?
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
He saw Zalia look askant because he did not go on working and, to account for his resting, drew his whetstone from his trouser-pocket and began slowly to sharpen the sickle.
From The Path of Life by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
He looked askant at Monckton, and he showed the white of his eyes more and more.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete.
From Copper Streak Trail by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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