| 单词 | bootjack |
| 例句 | Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, “Mrs. Laurence.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no people to throw stones or bootjacks at us, so we enjoy ourselves immensely. Dot and Tot of Merryland 2011-11-12T03:00:34.677Z We cared not for bottles or bootjacks, but made night terrible. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Forcing an unjust war on a weak tribe is a different thing from misdirecting a bootjack. Carlyon Sahib 2011-10-23T02:00:21.590Z Phlit was standing, and solemnly holding a light in one hand and a bootjack in the other, waiting to attend the two gentlemen to their bedroom. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z A bootjack was the commonest kind of household furniture. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z One of Count Bertrand's horses in the stable had been severely bitten, and Dr. O'Meara had once had to defend himself from the rodents by hurling his bootjack repeatedly at them. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z His feet are caught in the tree's bootjack, but I—there! Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z One brings my valise, another a pitcher of water, a third the bootjack, and each one counts on receiving a good big fee from 'his Excellency.' The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Next he crawls under the stove to find the bootjack, and pull off his long boots. A Man in the Open "Where did ye put 'em?" asked Mr. Ducklow, taking down the bootjack. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 She could hear him pulling off his boots on the bootjack. Stories of the Foot-hills And it was evident that Toby did not know about bringing the bootjack. Cudjo's Cave I had both a bootjack and a hair-comb, which I never used! A Christmas Greeting It seems that he bought a bootjack for three shillings; and the cost of countless other household items is as carefully set down. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman But when man makes a vise, or a wedge, or a bootjack, he uses his individual intelligence. Ways of Nature It would not look well to see a lady struggling out of a pair of wet boots with the help of a bootjack and a couple of chambermaids. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid "Toby! you devil!" roared Lysander, "why don't you bring that bootjack?" Cudjo's Cave It provided us with jugs and jars, and by and by, when the snow came, a wooden shovel and a bootjack for our rubber boots. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm His arm draws back A big bootjack— A loud swish, Squish! Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse He then said to his dog, 'Dandie, I cannot find my bootjack; search for it.' Anecdotes of Dogs He was a kind-hearted man and sent me a wedding present—a silver bootjack to take off my hunting boots with. A Queen's Error The old negro stood behind the door, with the bootjack in his hand, furious, ready to hurl it at the captain's head. Cudjo's Cave "The bootjack doesn't make the souvenir; it's the souvenir makes the bootjack, doesn't it?" said Skippy, who was thinking deeply. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Mrs. Caukins started up stairs whence came sounds of an obstreperous bootjack. Flamsted quarries Dandie proceeded to a very distant part of the house, and soon returned, carrying in his mouth the bootjack, which Mr. M. now recollected to have left that morning under a sofa. Anecdotes of Dogs "By ze right of conquest," he said, laughing; and at once proposed to sell me a bootjack and an India-rubber overcoat. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War And the gay captain made a bootjack of the old negro. Cudjo's Cave Fancy sending a K.C.B. to call a cab, or ordering a special envoy to fetch the bootjack! Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General "Oh, we might try, but—er—well, bootjacks, you know, hair-brushes, old shoes!—but it's very good exercise, this dodging." The Book of the Cat Boots hereupon giving his audience the assurance, with the characteristic touch of the bootjack to his forehead, that "he hadn't found it yet!" Charles Dickens as a Reader I see in Punch a humorous catalogue of supposed pictures; Prince Albert’s favourite spaniel and bootjack, the Queen’s Macaw with a Muffin, etc., by Landseer, etc., in which I recognize Thackeray’s p. 164fancy. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 A cast brass folding bootjack, resembling an old style percussion pocket pistol when closed. A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" One of them had a bootjack, which he held like a truncheon. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 The two voices grew fervent, rose higher— Till their serenades sweet Interruption did meet From a bootjack that took a quick flyer. The Book of the Cat "No," yelled the composer of the Ninth Symphony, throwing a bootjack at his house-keeper—thus far the eleventh, I mean house-keeper and not bootjack—"No, tell the thundering idiot I'm drunk, or dead, or both." Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques The cats in the fabric had spied it, and their alert imaginations were instantly affected with a lively sense of the size, weight and probable momentum of its flung bootjack. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales He placed a bootjack in the doorway for me to sit down upon. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 "Take care: he's mad," whispered the man with the bootjack. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 There is a little hair-covered trunk in the corner, studded with brass nails, and boots and leggings and canes and a jackknife and a bootjack, and, on the window-sill, a friendly snuffbox. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen You judge it by the flight of the objects he throws over the wall,—a bootjack, an apple, a crown, a razor, a volume of verse. Emerson and Other Essays No fathers wear boots in this era, and bootjacks are as extinct as the dodo. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment He could trace out lines of beauty in a gridiron, and detect the subtle charm that lurks in the bootjack. Round the Block Studs, neckcloths, bootjacks, silk socks, pins, underwear—all magically and eventually faded from my wardrobe, wafted to those silent bournes of swag that valets wot of. Ailsa Paige We installed bookshelves, bootjacks, a sideboard, hat racks, a dumb waiter, a stand for the gramophone and a roll-top desk for the Major. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 5, 1917 Having delivered himself of this solemn preface, he brought the bootjack. Martin Chuzzlewit The bootjack is being renovated in "old gold," and the baby is sitting on the floor, smothering its own cradle with "flush-upon-a-maiden's cheek peach color." Dreams Then it was easy to see that a bootjack wouldn't hurt anyone, especially little kids. The Life of Me; an autobiography Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, "Mrs. Laurence." Little Women Mrs. Brixham was a clergyman's widow, and Mr. Morgan, after performing his duties on the first floor, had a pleasure in making the old lady fetch him his bootjack and his slippers. The History of Pendennis The little man rang the bell—the bootjack and slippers were called for, and, after some delay, a very sleepy-looking gossoon entered with a bootjack under his arm, but no slippers. Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life She won't want the library, I suppose; nor my slippers, and the small bootjack. Men, Women, and Ghosts Well, I was almost grown before I learned what a bootjack was. The Life of Me; an autobiography And Boots could assure me—which he did, touching his hair with his bootjack, as a salute in the way of his present calling—that he hadn't found it yet. The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 The irregular line of foot gear which decorated the washboard of one wall, beginning with a pair of worsted slippers and ending with a wooden bootjack, was gone. Colonel Carter of Cartersville "It is the fault of that vile bootjack—what sort of a thing is that you have brought?" added he in a rage to the gossoon. Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life And Boots could assure me—which he did, touching his hair with his bootjack as a salute in the way of his present calling—that he hadn't found it yet. Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers It is because this compels you to get down in an undignified attitude and make wild sweeps for them in the dark with the bootjack, and swear. Sketches New and Old, Part 6. Luther's wedding-ring was shown me; also a fork belonging to a time anterior to our era, and an early bootjack. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 Once as she passed the door of the library he threw a bootjack at her. Nonsense Novels "That was decidedly wrong," said Murphy; "a bootjack is better suited to a heel-tap than a full measure." Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life They are born to be our greatest comforts and conveniences; our—our moral bootjacks, as it were; and to men in your way of life, believe me such a person would be invaluable. Barry Lyndon Well, I trust, since I see you at freedom—And how will you settle precedence between the three ermines passant and the bear and bootjack?' Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Yet they are as different as a battle-ax and a bootjack. What's Wrong with the World And Boots could assure me—which he did, touching his hair with his bootjack, as a salute in the way of his present calling—that he hadn’t found it yet. The Holly-Tree "Barbarians!" exclaimed the little man; "using a bootjack instead of a hammer!" Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life He turned to his assistant, who stood beside him, bootjack in hand. Fire-Tongue |
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