| 单词 | frumpish |
| 例句 | Those beloved, frumpish books gave off a smell that permeated the ward—like flannel pajamas that hadn’t been changed for a month, or like Irish stew. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, the frumpish foursome were suggesting that holders of the top judicial office, current and former, tried to influence justice by shunting cases towards particular judges. Judges on India’s supreme court accuse the chief justice of bias 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z What a different creature you would have been if I had had the placing you, instead of that crooked, frumpish old maid!... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z “If you cannot see the difference between that frumpish gown of yours, with its little bobtails and fringes, and those pretty dresses before us, I must say you are as blind as a bat, Mattie.” Not Like Other Girls She held her head very high indeed, and would not speak to this doll because it was “frumpish,” or that doll because it was not in the same set as herself. Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly The worst he had expected was that she would be frumpish, or old-fashioned, or commonplace like these other women standing about, but it had not occurred to him that she might be conspicuously grotesque. The Fighting Shepherdess It does seem odd and frumpish not to be in Scotland, but motoring covers a multitude of social sins. Set in Silver Kitty, fat and fashionable, and Di, slim and elaborately frumpish, came to meet me with pajama legs in their hands. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley There were numbers of things to be done which did not involve frumpish utilitarian costumes, all caps and aprons. Robin She really looks a little frumpish out-of-doors, and perhaps that is why papa went on to Mrs. Carruthers. Red Hair The best people had played frumpish parts then. Broken to the Plow Mrs. Flint was a rather frumpish individual, who always gave the impression of pieced-out dressmaking. The Blood Red Dawn Naturally a girl like Di was enchanted to lead him about, tied to what would have been her apron strings if she'd been frumpish enough to wear such things. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley The bears came next, horrid cunning white things, and turning in their toes like that does give them such a frumpish look. The Visits of Elizabeth To sum up the things you hated inordinately, they were friskiness of manner and of trimmings, and curls combined with rather bygone or frumpish fashions. The Children I handed the guard a shilling, and he gave me a seat riding backwards in a carriage with seven other women, all very frumpish, but highly respectable. Penelope's English Experiences |
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