10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOSSILY»
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tossily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tossily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Yeast: a Problem. By C. K.
... a sainted young man, but on the contrary, a very vulgar, slippery Irishman ; and
she had, somehow, tired of her late favourite, Lord Vieuxbois; so she answered
tossily enough,— 'Really, mamma, a week of Lord Vieuxbois will be too much.
... a sainted young man, but on the contrary, a very vulgar, slippery Irishman ; and
she had, somehow, tired of her late^ favourite, Lord Vieuxbois ; so she answered
tossily enough, — 'Really, mamma, a week of Lord Vieuxbois will be too much.
3
Yeast: a Problem: Easyread Edition
... somehow, tired of her late favourite, Lord Vieuxbois; so she answered tossily
enough,–'Really, mamma, a week of Lord Vieuxbois will be too much. We shall
be bored to death with the Cambridge Camden Society, and ballads for the
people.
... a sainted young man, but on the contrary, a very vulgar, slippery Irishman; and
she had, somehow, tired of her late favourite, Lord Vieuxbois; so she answered
tossily enough, — “Really, mamma, a week of Lord Vieuxbois will be too much.
5
The Brownies and Other Tales
"You might have believed it if you'd believed me, son Thomas," said the old lady
tossily. "I told you so. But young people always know better than their elders!" "I
didn't see him," said the Tailor, beginning his story afresh; "but I thought as I came
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Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, 2012
6
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated):
... at all asaintedyoung man, but,onthe contrary, averyvulgar, slippery Irishman;
and she had, somehow, tired of herlate favourite, LordVieuxbois; soshe
answered tossily enough, — 'Really, mamma, a week of Lord Vieuxboiswillbetoo
much.
7
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Lord Vieuxbois, so she answered tossily enough, — ' Really, mamma, a week of
Lord Vieuxbois will be too much. We shall be deafened with the Cambridge
Camden Society, and ballads for the people.' ' I thmk, my dear,' said Mrs.
Lavington ...
8
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
(colloquial).—Offhand; careless : also tossily, adv. 1849. Kingsley, Yeast, vii.
Argemone answered bysome tossy commonplace. Ibid. She answered
tossilyenough. Tossytail, adv. phr. (provincial). —Topsyturvy (q.v.). Tostication,
subs. (old). —
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
Kipling, Only a Subaltern. 'He'll do,' said the doctor quietly; 'it must have been a
toss-up all through the night.1 See Blanket. Toss-plume, subs. phr. (old).— A
braggart ; a swaggerer. Tossy, adj. (colloquial). — Off-hand; careless : also
TOSSILY, ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
Wlvat can put Mr. WAI TRMAN, for instance) in * mure attkward poiut of di»|il;iv,
lluu the n 'tossily of ji.unl- ing forward, and (leclaringi with a noletrin viligc of de-
precalion; that lie is astonished ai aiiy 1)odyT> considering such an Addrc-ss " as
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