10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNEAKISH»
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the cornhill magazine new series vol. I.
Well, and what's his name ? Out with it ; I'll give him a detention card instead.' * I
can't tell you that,' said the boy in a lower voice. ' And why not, ye impident fellow
? You've just said you knew it. Why not?' ' Because it would be sneakish,' said ...
Well, and what's his name ? Out with it ; I'll give him a detention card instead.' ' I
can't tell you that,' said the boy in a lower voice. • And why not, ye impident fellow
? You've just said you knew it. Why not?' ' Because it would be sneakish,' said ...
Well, and what's his name ? Out with it ; I'll give him a detention card instead.' • I
can't tell you that,' said the boy in a lower voice. ' And why not, ye impident fellow
? You've just said you knew it. Why not?' ' Because it would be sneakish,' said ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, 1883
And why not, ye impident fellow ? You've just said you knew it. Why not ? ' '
Because it would be sneakish,' said Langton boldly. ' Oh, " sneakish," would it ? '
said old Jemmy. ' " Sneakish," eh ? Well, well, I'm getting old, I forget these things.
she said, earnestly. " Why don't you say like a man, to my face, what you have got
to find fault with, instead of all these absurd, mysterious attempts at management
with my father ? I detest plottings, and secrets, and sneakish ways of all kinds.
Katharine Sarah Macquoid, 1874
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A Zulu-English dictionary with notes on pronunciation: a ...
Sneakish, treacherous talker, who carries reports, makes false statements, etc.,
about others = i(li)-Fecefece. Cp. i(li)-Gavugavu. Feteza (s. t.), v. — - fendeza.
Feteza (Fetheza), v. Talk in a sneakish, treacherous way, carry reports, make
false ...
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The giant's robe, by F. Anstey
And why not, ye impident fellow ? You've just said you knew it. Why not ? ' '
Because it would be sneakish," said Langton boldly. " Oh, " sneakisb," would it ? "
said old Jemmy. ' " Sneakish," eh ? Well, well, I'm getting old, I forget these things.
Thomas Anstey Guthrie, 1884
You have never been a sneak, Frank, in all your life; but you attacked Cyril, and
as he was not present that was a sneakish thing to do." At the moment when
Frank was thus accused of sneakish conduct they had entered the garden and
were ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
They are for ever going a sneakish, roundabout way, instead of marching at once
to the point. I haven't studied human nature for nothing. They remind me of an old
master of mine who had a superannuated passage dug out of the ground, and ...
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The Story of the Amulet
They'll thinkit most awfully sneakish of me to talktoyou without them; do come
down, there'sa dear.' She kneltbefore the sandbath and held out her arms. The
Psammead must have remembered how glad it had beento jump intothose same
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNEAKISH»
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Women In the Force: Team Mates Or Straight Arrows In A Curve?
In Nigeria and some other African countries, including South Africa, Uganda and neighbouring Ghana, women in the armed forces live purely 'sneakish' lives, ... «Nigerian Observer, Jul 15»
Naomi Wood's 'Mrs. Hemingway,' and More
... summoning demons to ward off the plague and sparring with Shakespeare when he drops by, “sneakish and colluding,” eager to tangle. After she manages to ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
GREE Pulls the Plug on OpenFeint With Less Than One Month …
Didn't use it ever, but it always tried to push itself on me like some kind of popup ad or spam mail, even being kind of sneakish with the "cancel" button design. «Touch Arcade, Nov 12»
