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Example sentences for "swipes"

  • So, now, farewell to swipes and yell, And breed and beef, good bye!

  • To hear fine Sinclair tune his pipes Is hardly worth a scuddock-- It's blarney fair, and stale as swipes Kept ower lang i' the huddock.

  • It were well for John Bull to get the beam out of his own eye before making frantic swipes at the mote in the optic of the Moslem.

  • We call him Cornbread Tom, b'cause he swipes our corn dodger.

  • By means of a pair of library steps, the injured householder gained a posture of advantage; and, with great swipes of the coal-axe, proceeded to decapitate the brute.

  • I think you must have been drunk--it had a name like one of those spots that Uncle Joseph used to hold forth at, and it was all full of the most awful swipes about poetry and the use of the globes.

  • I do not know what it is but you sing and the swipes I will do.

  • We get in a few swipes almost every night.

  • An' it's finish up your swipes an' follow me!

  • An' it's finish off your swipes an' follow me!

  • And now, said the blacksmith, let forfeits come first For the insult swipes offered, or his hoops I will burst.

  • There's a cag of small swipes half as sour as a wig.

  • Says the gipsey, May I never bottom a chair If I drink of small swipes while Sir John's lying there.

  • Brick and Swipes quickly had all the hounds after him, and Stot, dropping his elbows, made for the road, to ride the second horse gently on the line.

  • I only know, that swipes was my abomination.

  • We puts him in a blanket 'n' the swipes start to carry him off.

  • From that he gets to watchin' how the swipes take care of her.

  • About noon derby day I'm watchin' the swipes workin' on the colt.

  • It don't matter whether these hosses get watered, just so you swipes enjoy yourselves," Blister commented.

  • We had removed our overalls and were getting ready to go, when Swipes approached me.

  • Swipes said that would do, and I released my hold upon him.

  • Swipes had gone into deeper water than he knew.

  • I did not dare refuse the honor, and poor Swipes had the same feeling.

  • Swipes seized the cord and put all his strength upon it.

  • Swipes nudged me as the marble-cutter removed his helmet.

  • Swipes had grown so that I scarcely knew him.

  • I left the shop, and found Swipes and some of our old companions waiting for me outside the door.

  • The bout ended, and Swipes gave me his hand with a cheering word as I left him.

  • The day we arrived I met my old friend Swipes in the office of the Grand Union Hotel.

  • Swipes dropped his tools by-and-by, and tried in vain to raise the helmet a little.

  • I flew at Swipes like a panther and floored him.

  • Swipes could see no occasion for laughter, and continued to pull the string until it came free.

  • Swipes himself was a melancholy youth who had once swallowed a shingle-nail and who cherished a great fear of it.

  • Now, it should be explained that Swipes regarded his shingle-nail with growing apprehension.

  • For poor Swipes that shingle-nail was like the sword of Damocles.

  • Swipes thought "she was scarcely fit to go to school.

  • He found that Mrs. Swipes had a word to say, and it took me to send the old codger adrift--it jest did.

  • Swipes said "it was a bully piece of stuff.

  • Swipes looked very sad, and the stranger's eyes passed from face to face with anxious looks.

  • Mrs. Swipes put on a smile, and courtesied to the door, opened it, and there stood Mrs. Longbow!

  • It was not long after this consultation that Mrs. Swipes began to "smell a rat," as she said.

  • Mr. Swipes went muttering up the walk, and was forced to cut two of the finest cauliflowers intended for Cheeseman's adornment to-morrow.

  • Exactly what old Swipes said this very morning, only much more impressively.

  • So Mr. Swipes in the walled kitchen-garden sought peace and ensued it.

  • That gaudy flower at its first appearance made such a stir among gardeners that Mr. Swipes gave the Admiral no peace until he allowed him to order one.

  • But no; Mr. Swipes said the weather and the black blight had destroyed them.

  • He knows to which side his bread will be buttered," Mr. Swipes had remarked, as a keen observer.

  • Not only was Mr. Swipes come back, but he was in a furious rage outside, though his fury was chilled with some shivers of fear.

  • Mr. Swipes recommended dead pea-haulm, with the sticks left in it to ensure a draught.

  • Now for the second: And here Baird and Clan In turn must prove which is the better man: Sir David swipes sublime!

  • I like that best of all, and often I dream it when I have drunk much swipes .

  • Swipes are not good for your extreme age.

  • His aged voice was hoarse and scratchy from the drinking of too much swipes at a funeral the night before, nothing of which contributed to make me less irritable.

  • Around and around past the bed to the door--once Swipes thought they would fly through.

  • Gad, but he looked dead when they picked him up," said Swipes in despair.

  • Suddenly the floor rose up and hit him on the nose, but the polished boards, so bright that he could see his face in them, fell back politely, leaving Swipes standing, looking helplessly about him.

  • Saying this, Swipes tumbled into bed, and sank into a stupor.

  • With a disgusted kick at Swipes he left him reeling desperately once more.

  • It doesn't make it any pleasanter," put in Swipes Dillon.

  • Shorts, Swipes and Spuddy had broken the laws of the fraternity.

  • A strong stream of ice-cold water suddenly broke the window, driving Swipes against the wall.

  • Give him one for me, Shorts," whispered Spuddy, but Swipes was on his feet again, ready to listen.

  • Spuddy and Shorts were dragging the limp Swipes up the long steps.

  • Shorts pushed Swipes toward the window as Dan called his name.

  • Shorts, Spuddy and Swipes are in disgrace at the fraternity.

  • Here Swipes stumbled, loosening himself from the grasp of his companions.

  • Swipes was being urged up the broad oak stairs, Spuddy now and then giving him a severe poke in the ribs.


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