taws
Example Sentences
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Nor is it to be obviated, we fear, by any expression of extra solemnity thrown into the pedagogical face, or even by the taking of places or the taws.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
Clearly his Dominie had not abused the taws.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
He is the most stupid of all my mother's children; he knows nothing of his book; when he should mind that, he is hiding or hoarding his taws and marbles, or laying up farthings.
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Sir Richard Steele
He re-seated her, and taking the taws from her trembling hand, carried it himself to the tyrant.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
In the marble season he was a plutocrat in taws and agates.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
