Example Sentences

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Here a group of fishermen in guernseys and high boots, their sou'westers battened down upon their heads.

From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.

However, arrayed in smart blue suits and new guernseys and polished to the last degree, they set out on the eventful expedition.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

He kept a retail shop and sold almost everything the town needed, from guernseys and hardware to tea, bacon, and tallow candles.

From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Ben Tripper had gone with the captain, and a pile of flannel shirts, stockings, guernseys, trousers, and shoes had at once been sent up to the "Bell."

From A Chapter of Adventures by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Those inside dripped with perspiration, but felt cold chills below their blue guernseys each time they looked at that stark figure with the upturned feet beneath the cold white sheet.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John