10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIGNESS»
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trigness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Hence trigly,trigness, and other derivatives. c. 1200. Ormulum, 6177.Thinlaferrd
birrth the buhsumm beon & hold & trigg & trewwe. 151213.
Douglas, Virgil, 402. In lesuris and on leyis litill lammes Full tait and trigsocht
bletand to ...
She was rosy-faced and blue-eyed and wholesome, with the roundness and
trigness of a geranium leaf. Rilla saw at first glance that she was to be trusted
with Jims. “I'm fond of children, miss,” she said heartily. “I'm used to them— I've
left six ...
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Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi:
... of fifty years ago do not need to have a word changed in order to exactly
describe the same region as it appears to-day—except as to the 'trigness' of the
houses. The whitewash is gone from the negro cabins now; and many, possibly
most, ...
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Trigness, s. Neatness, the state of being trim, S. — " The lassies, who had been at
Nanse Banks's school, were always well spoken of — for the trigness of their
houses, when they were afterwards married." Annals of the Parish, p. 29. * To
TRIM ...
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The Entire Works of Mark Twain:
The descriptionsof fifty years agodo notneed to have a wordchanged in order
toexactly describe the same region as it appears today—except as to the 'trigness
' of the houses. The whitewash is gone from the negro cabins now; and many, ...
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Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848
Every gamin a certain trimness or trigness & a certain fancy cut like a dandy boat
at a regatta [.] A certain ingenuity & verbal clearness of statement they require &
that satisfies them that they have a new & lucid & coherent statement though it is
...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Henry Gilman,
1973
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Life on the Mississippi (Volume 2 of 2 ) (EasyRead Super ...
The descriptions of fifty years ago do not need to have a word changed in order
to exactly describe the same region as it appears to-day – except as to the '
trigness' of the houses. The whitewash is gone from the negro cabins now; and
many, ...
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Delphi Complete Anne of Green Gables Books - Works of L. M. ...
Mrs.Jim Anderson, Number Two, was such a nicelittle woman thatonewasrather
inclined to wonder at the luck which bestowed her on Jim. She was rosyfaced
and blueeyed and wholesome, withthe roundness and trigness of a geranium
leaf.
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Anne of Green Gables - Complete Collection
She was rosy-faced and blue-eyed and wholesome, with the roundness and
trigness of a geranium leaf. Rilla saw at first glance that she was to be trusted
with J ims. “I'm fond of children, miss,” she said heartily. “I'm used to them—I've
left six ...
242; comeliness, fairness &c. adj.; polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle
tournure†; trigness†; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness,
magnificence; sublimity, sublimification†. concinnity†, delicacy, refinement;
charm, je ne ...