Example Sentences

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It would make courtship permanent, abolish curl-papered wives in the morning, and tipsy, bragging husbands at night.

From Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers by Brisbane, Arthur

The front door of the house on the right slowly opened, and a curl-papered head peeped out.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert

She only prayed that Mrs. Snawdor's curl-papered head might not appear on the upper landing.

From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

The curl-papered head of Mrs. Major poked at him over the banisters.

From Once Aboard the Lugger by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)