10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «COXINESS»
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1
The F. B.; being a history of the school and college life of ...
Never shall our voice be raised against the just reproof, administered by hand or
foot, of “cheek” and “coxiness ;” only let it be decreed, for the sake of the hun
dreds of young hearts now sorrowful and heavy-laden, and of the thousands to ...
2
Uppingham school magzine [afterw.] Uppingham magazine
There used to be a principle in force in the regular choir some time ago (it is to be
hoped it is by this time eradicated) that to sing loud shewed in the singer — firstly,
' cowardice ; ' secondly, ' coxiness ; ' the first because it was pluckier not to ...
3
The foster brothers [by J. Payn].
Never shall our voice be raised against the just reproof, administered by hand or
foot, of " cheek " and " coxiness ;" only let it be decreed, for the K sake of the
hundreds of young hearts now sorrowful and THE FOSTER BROTHERS. 129.
4
Reminiscences of Cheltenham college, by an old Cheltonian ...
with the dreadful eye-glass, the terror of all modest and right-thinking people ;
and with trousers and an " oxonian" of unimpeachable quality and cut; he
presents to the awestruck multitude the incarnation of egregious " coxiness." He
knows ...
Paul Ward (old Cheltonian.),
1858
5
Slaves of the ring; or, Before and after. By the author of ...
You're a flinty fellow, who turned me away for a trumpery mistake in a sixpence,
and so particular — but keep your coxiness and your particulariness to these
young slaves here who are under your thumb. You may bully everybody but her"
with ...
Frederick William Robinson,
1862
6
The American Negro His History and Literature
First, in the economy of space there is a certain lack of coxiness and convenience
, which can easily be traced to climatic and social reasons. The log-cabin, so
prevalent a generation since, was essentially a square box. Other rooms were ...
7
The concise Oxford dictionary Of current English
[COCKI used intensively, SURE] cocksy, coxy, coxiness. =cocmr &c. co'cktail, n.
86 a., co'ektailed, a. (Horse) with docked tail, of racing stamp but not thorough-
bred ; (person) placed above his birth or breeding; 'kind of beetle; drink of spirit
with ...
8
Victorian Landscape Watercolors
... the artist's daughter, described the oil of Brignal as a "unique picture done in [
her father's] best Pre-Raphaelite period, after he had got rid of his David
Coxiness - and had his good eyesight, to give even the small dogroses in the
foreground, ...
Scott Wilcox, Christopher Newall,
1992
9
John Ruskin and Alfred Hunt: new letters and the record of a ...
The painting, she argued, "is a rather unique picture done in his best Pre-
Raphaelite period, after he had got rid of his David Coxiness — and had his good
eyesight, to give even the small dogroses in the foreground, as it were, all their
petals.
10
The Chambers Dictionary
n coxcombical rty — adv coxcomb ically — n coxcombry the behaviour of a
coxcomb, [cock's comb] coxiness. See cock1. Coxsackie virus kdSk-sa 'ke nr.>.\,
n (sometimes without cap) any of a group of RNA-containing viruses that occur in
the ...