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Instead of keeping each other in countenance—duoe contra mundum—they might now have served as an advertisement for the coiffeur and the convenable.

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel

"C'etait une dame tr�s convenable," said one purveyor, and the others agreed.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

Our wives ne be not arrayed for to make no man pleasance, but only convenable array for to eschew folly. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

"And let it be as chic and convenable as possible!"

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel

The remainder of the afternoon was wasted utterly on the terrasse of the Caf� de l'Univers, with the ch�teau ever in view, wishing it were convenable to make one's duty call without more delay.

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph