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The little person made a bob-curtsey—"Oh, yes, if you please'm; my name is Mrs. Tiggy-winkle; oh, yes if you please'm, I'm an excellent clear- starcher!"
From A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter
They did not—the boss starcher explained to me with quiet elegance—think of such a thing as drinking beer behind the boss's back, but they 'just didn't want him to know.'
From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Sue Ainslie Clark
A couple of dainty muslin dresses were draped over chairs, for Dyce was the finest clear starcher in Marlborough, and her kitchen was all too small to hold the products of her skill.
From A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black
Had not seen a Naiad for many years, and thought the last had emigrated to Ball's Pond, and set up as a clear starcher.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
He wore no gills; and his neatly tied starcher had a white ground with small black spots, about the size of currants.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees
