spriest
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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As an added turret he has Ann Pennington, erstwhile spriest dancer of many a Ziegfeld Follies.
From Time Magazine Archive
He remains the Kremlin's jauntiest dresser and spriest waltzer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your father was the spriest koind of a b'y, I'm told.
From The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys by Zollinger, Gulielma
"They say that you're a great jumper—the spriest jumper in all Pleasant Valley."
From The Tale of Kiddie Katydid by Smith, Harry L.
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