long mark
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She read over what she had, put in a long mark over a vowel in one of the declensions, looked for other omissions or mistakes, and puzzled over her last English to Latin sentence.
From Betty Lee, Freshman by Grove, Harriet Pyne
“Dust, dust everywhere,” said ’Phemie, making a long mark in it with her finger on the dresser.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
Then I remembered that it was the praying day, and so I only put down the long mark and rested.
From By Canoe and Dog-Train by Young, Egerton Ryerson
If I've got to go to jail I'll go, but it won't be for long, mark my words!
From Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake by Rogers, Walter S.
Now and then a long mark in the clay showed that a pig had slipped down, and been dragged along for a little way.
From The Secret Rose by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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