Cloots
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Cloots glared at him, astonished, unable and unwilling to believe, picturing the collapse, waiting from one tick of time to the next to see the fellow crumple on the stones.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
"I have learned," continued the headman of Apyodaw—"I have learned how my child died—" Cloots regained his speech in a curt laugh.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
"Mr. Cloots," says he, "if it is not improper, will you inform me how much my particular friend Snodgrass left?"
From Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by John Purver Richardson
Midway there burned a single taper, a point of light that dimly illumined the holy spot and revealed to Cloots, as he entered, its only other occupant.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
An' now, auld Cloots, I ken ye're thinkin' A certain Bardie's rantin', drinkin', Some luckless hour will send him linkin' To your black pit; But faith, he'll turn a corner, jinkin', And cheat you yet.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
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