Example Sentences

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“Here, I ain’t going any further,” grumbled the underkeeper.

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

Am I my brother's keeper, or even his underkeeper?

From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Cholmondeley, Mary

I hope that will be considered, Miss. I am sure if Tom had been an underkeeper, as Mr. Roberts once talked of, this would never have happened.

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

One was her father, another the underkeeper, and the third was a stranger.

From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)