10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAFFISHLY»
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raffishly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Beautiful, young, impoverished Parson's daughter, Hermia Brooke, is happy with her simple country life, despite being shunned by her wealthy uncle the Earl of Millbrooke and her cousin, the spoilt and selfish Marilyn.
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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
... sauntering through their duties with hats tipped raffishly back from their
perspiring foreheads, or who, waistcoatless, and with throats bared and open,
gratefully imbibed what little breeze filtered through open office windows, or
barely moved ...
He glanced at it, slowly unfolded it, and five very soiled, crumpled five-dollar bills
fluttered raffishly to the ground. A policeman paused in the course of his official
peregrinations and joined the increasing crowd. Rather viciously, Egbert kicked
at ...
Frederick Lewis Allen,
1922
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Lads' love: by S. R. Crockett
Her water-can, raffishly a-dangle at her side, its handle clinking to the gay,
marching music, dropped limp and silent. She lifted the brimless old hat (which
was the Hempie's ordinary headgear, to show that she was not proud) from its
impudent ...
Samuel Rutherford Crockett,
1897
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The St. James's Magazine
The people in this part of the house chiefly belonged to the class of mechanics,
little tradesmen, city clerks, shopmen, and boys, fast youths of eighteen who wore
tawdry sham jewellery, and looked raffishly vulgar, even to their shirt-collars ...
6
Chronicles of Martin Hewitt
Make a dent in yours — if you can do so without permanently damaging it." We
got rid of our collars and made chokers of our ties. We turned our coat-collars up
at one side only, and then, with dented hats worn raffishly, and our hands in our ...
His waistcoat is full-bodied, and ends between his waist and his knees. What was
the original colour- design of his coat no man can say. It has tails, and is buttoned
raffishly across his chest. On his head is a battered bowler-hat, innocent of the ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor,
1907
8
Silver Sand: A Romance of Old Galloway
All the same it would be no pleasure to me to live raffishly, to sport and drink and
dice, to play ombre and tric-trac till my gear was all spent. If I could buy some few
score of good books with it now, and find some place in which to store them ...
Samuel Rutherford Crockett,
1914
This was perhaps particularly true in the London of the late Sixties, where a
relatively small number of conspicuously well off, or raffishly aristocratic, swingers
took their place alongside millions of others for whom interminable queues,
strikes ...
Christopher Sandford,
2008
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Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wante
A Public Enemy, even a raffishly charming one like Cagney, was something
much more than a thug. A Public Enemy was a predator, a force for chaos, a
menace, a bogeyman, a renegade, a threat to democracy. All his life, Capone
had striven ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAFFISHLY»
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raffishly is used in the context of the following news items.
There are two ways of growing old – and I'm taking Lord Sewel's
He might even have put the bra on and lain about raffishly. But a younger man would have remembered to confiscate everyone's camera phone before things ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Summer reality dressing
Oh, that I – or any British man – could somehow emulate the image of tropical climes attire that saunters raffishly down the catwalks this time of year. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Hijab tale a complex American story
A recent story, which I shall raffishly title “L'affaire de Abercrombie & Fitch,” has caught our imagination and dominated much of the TV news. And when you ... «Tribune-Review, Jun 15»
GEYER: Abercrombie case more than religion
This last week, a story, which I shall raffishly title “l'affaire de Abercrombie & Fitch,” has caught our imagination and dominated much of the TV news. And when ... «Herald Zeitung, Jun 15»
OPINION: Abercrombie case about more than religion
This last week, a story, which I shall raffishly title “l'affaire de Abercrombie & Fitch,” has caught our imagination and dominated much of the TV news. And when ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Jun 15»
The Complete Guide To Linen
Most likely it's a Victorian hang-up over creases, but as many Mediterranean dandies have proved, linen can make for a raffishly sophisticated look when you ... «FashionBeans, Mar 15»
Downton Abbey 2014 Christmas special review: Sinderby thaws …
Talbot angled his hat still more raffishly and replied that although he is of course brilliant at it, shooting isn't his sport. It's cars. He leapt into his sexy sports chariot ... «Radio Times, Dec 14»
Meanwhile, the gingerbread house burns
She smiled faintly and announced raffishly that she had some great ideas for decorating the girl's gingerbread house. Uh-huh, I said mechanically, engrossed in ... «Crosscut, Dec 14»
One-seat Wonder: Lamborghini Shows 2015 Huracán LP620-2 …
The raffishly styled race car makes its official debut at the 2014 Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel, California, just one week before the U.S. Blancpain series ... «Car and Driver, Aug 14»
Juan Mata Will Be Manchester United's Most Important Player This …
The Spaniard stepped out of a helicopter raffishly dressed in a blazer looking more like James Bond than a mere footballer. Here was the man to save United's ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 14»