taws
Example Sentences
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From that moment he ruled them by his eye, the taws vanished.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
This prince took a pleasure in conversing with me, inquiring into the manners, religion, taws, government, and learning of Europe; wherein I gave him the best account I was able.
From Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World by Balliet, Thomas M.
Ne'er use the taws when a gloom will do.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Their heads were not the heads of geese but of women artificially painted and with so-called taws, or marbles, for their eyes.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
Also there were three glass alleys, two agate taws and thirty-eight commies.
From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon
