propeller
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I won't be any properer than I've a mind to be.
From Time Magazine Archive
I shall not presume to determine which of these two stiles be properer for tragedy.
From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by Saintsbury, George
Just think how much properer it is for me to be companion to a lovely lady in her own house, than to be racing around lower Broadway for patchwork!”
From Patty's Success by Wells, Carolyn
"Almost either of 'em," she began, "would make—perhaps would make—a properer wife than I. And perhaps they love you as well as I—almost."
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
If by their names we things should call, It surely would be properer, To term a singing piece a bawl, A dancing piece a hopperer!
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
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