10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FROWSY»
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frowsy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
frowsy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours
said the frowsy-headed boy, with filial respect awed into unwonted reverence by
Miss Chester's presence. It was only on an occasional relapse into stiff politeness
, and then for mere formality's sake, that he addreseed his father as " pap.
2
The Emigrants' Party: An Entertainment Introducing Folk ...
How'd yer get de black eye, Frowsy ? Frowsy F. After dinin' sumptuously from de
refrigerator, de merchant's wife pelted me wid flowers. Tattered R. Dat doesn't tell
how yer got chopped up so. Flowers wouldn't mash yer mug. Frowsy F. Jest a ...
3
Billy Vanilla: A Story of the Snowbird Country
out of that place; but the presence of this Frowsy Man had nothing to do with his
desire, excepting that his big body blocked the door. Billy Vanilla might dread the
presence of shadows and dark places and witches and wolves and things ; but ...
Solomon Neill Sheridan, 1919
We left the tram and the main thoroughfare, and turned into frowsy streets,
peopled with frowsy men and women and raucous with the bickering play of
frowsy children. It was still daylight. Over London the spring had fluttered its
golden pinions, ...
5
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
The skipper snored musically in unison with the "swish "of the incoming waves; at
measured intervals there came a somnolent grunt from the frowsy-headed boy,
and even the sail-boats at anchor in the harbor seemed overcome by the ...
... for the petty-cash book right off.” But Horrocleave did not even ause to remove
his mackintosh. In de ance of immemorial habit, being himself considerably
excited and confused, he stalked straight in, half hopping, and sat down 'in his
frowsy ...
7
Harper's Monthly Magazine
The treaty usually took place in the dishevelled drawing—room, after a round of
the widely parted chambers, where frowsy beds, covered with frowsy white
counterpanes, stood on frowsy carpets or yet frowsier mattings, and frowsy
windows ...
Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, 1905
8
A Mississippi Family: The Griffins of Magnolia Terrace, ...
Mimi also received family credit for indulging the dogs endlessly reincarnated in
the Griffin household as Frowsy. Soon after one Frowsy went to dog heaven,
another arrived as a puppy to be spoiled by all. Long before I was born, one of
the ...
Mary Helen Griffin Halloran, 2009
9
The Ideal Real: Beckett's Fiction and Imagination
By a paradoxical feat, Beckett manages to bring his mortuary of imagination alive
from within: crawl out of the frowsy deathbed and drag it to a place to die in. The
reference of "it" is tellingly multivalent: possibly to the bed; possibly to the ...
Maggie scowled down upon the frowsy street filled with frowsy women and
frowsy children. She scowled upon the street cars rumbling by with their frowsy
loads. Occasionally she varied the monotony by drawing out her chewing gum to
...
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1921
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FROWSY»
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frowsy is used in the context of the following news items.
Oh, Please, King Data, Tell Me A Fragmented 'Story'
A frowsy database interface has been populated by several hundred clips of digitized videotaped interviews with a British woman. I can't give ... «MediaPost Communications, Jun 15»
The Mariposa Theatre Alliance Presents "The Tramp and the Rough …
The Yosemite Valley, though surrounded by a national park, was controlled by the state of California, and was frowsy and neglected. «Sierra Sun Times, Jun 15»
Manhattan's Social Elite Are Going Ape Over Primates of Park …
If Wednesday Martin looked as frowsy as Margaret Mead, her meteoric success might be forgiven. But she is model thin, streaked blonde, ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
Paperback reviews: The Wives of Los Alamos by Tarashea Nesbit …
Welcome to south London in the late 19th century: “It was frowsy; it was shabby; the shops were small and generally dirty… The predominant ... «The Independent, May 15»
Rudyard Kipling's first World War tragedy
In March 1915 he went to Dublin to pick up 36 recruits and was unimpressed with the city, dismissing it as a “frowsy hole, all slums and stinks”. «Irish Times, May 15»
How up-and-coming New York label Eckhaus Latta became an …
Take this season's capes, furnished from old, slightly frowsy fleece blankets and teamed with knit crop tops. And while recycled and deadstock ... «Style.com, Apr 15»
For Fat Uneducated Girls With Bad Teeth
And that frowsy-haired, flat-chested TV skank can pound salt. I'm talking about that video that surfaced at the end of last week, of some ... «WHAM, Apr 15»
It's a class revolt — my old leftie school chums are turning Tory
Now it is a marginal, even with the addition of such steadfast Labour areas as the frowsy, former iron-working towns and villages of Loftus, ... «The Sunday Times, Apr 15»
Peggy Olson Is the Most Accurate Depiction of Women in the …
... the whole time, even as she earns their respect. She simply advances from one stereotype to another: frowsy underling to shrill bitch boss. «Flavorwire, Mar 15»
Happy International Women's Day, ladies. Enjoy the game
I sat in the frowsy bar before the game and chatted to three or four Daggers fans — no animosity, no segregation. Before that, I turned up and ... «The Sunday Times, Mar 15»
