starcher
- a word derived from starch.
Example Sentences
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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 Potter, Beatrix
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 The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Potter, Beatrix
When he was fourteen, he went to work on the starcher.
From When God Laughs: and other stories by London, Jack
Thus, if he wore a cream-coloured cravat, he would have a buff-coloured waistcoat, if a striped waistcoat, then the starcher would be imbued with somewhat of the same colour and pattern.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
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 Clark, Sue Ainslie
