Wykehamist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The second-year men don't like it," agreed the long-legged Wykehamist with a wise air.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
Thomas Browne wrote his Religio Medici in 1533-5; and in it suggested some familiar verses of the "Evening Hymn" of his brother Wykehamist Bishop Ken.
From Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
What do I care for fashion?' cried the Wykehamist.
From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
We of the Old Wykehamist dinner shared a room, and I slept like a top: the others tossed and moaned, and in the morning slew a vast number of intruders, many hundreds.
From A Prisoner in Turkey by Still, John
Wedderburn shook his head in benevolent contempt, and the conversation was deflected from Lonsdale's artistic education by a long-legged Wykehamist with crisp chestnut hair and a thin florid face of dimpling smiles.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
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