| 单词 | lank |
| 例句 | The sunken cheeks were covered with a thin scattering of fuzz; the hair was lank and matted. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry thought she looked terrible: thinner than usual, her mouse-colored hair lank. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On a scarlet- draped platform an orator of the Inner Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large, bald skull over which a few lank locks straggled, was haranguing the crowd. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I can see, even from a distance, that the king's lank hair is damp with sweat, and his long cheeks are streaked with tears. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z How white and thin my face looked in the glass, my hair hanging lank and straight. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was a tall lank man, grey-haired and very respectable. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She had the glummest face Harry had ever seen, half-hidden behind lank hair and thick, pearly spectacles. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Her hair was lank and dull and she had a plain, pale, rather heavy face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His auburn hair is lank and unkempt, and his eyes are bloodshot. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A young man, about the king’s age, with a thin, pale face, a nose like an eagle’s beak, lank, dark hair, and a weak chin. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her hair is lank and greasy, and she has a sore on her lip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Ged was richly and outlandishly dressed in fur and silk and silver, but the clothes were torn and stiff with sea-salt, and he stood gaunt and stooped, his hair lank about his scarred face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Her cropped hair, a shade similar to her shorts, seemed too lank and sensible, and in that room where all things were so carefully covered, her shaved knees and thighs too exposed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The king nodded, his lank hair swaying beside his pale cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The rain dashed against her and flattened her hair lankly over her cheeks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He was tall with lank blond hair that fell over his face when he bobbed his head. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On these pines, the needles hung like pompoms in sparse clusters along lank branches. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps ten minutes later a boat floated down the serene surface of the canal, a tall lank man with black hair poling it along with leisurely drives of his arms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The draper sat upon the cobbles of the street, his hair lank, and a daughter of perhaps my age wandered about through the wreckage, picking up silks and attempting to drag them back inside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her long, curly auburn hair looks lank and greasy, like she’s forgotten to wash it these past few weeks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachael’s proportions, he noticed once again, were odd; with her heavy mass of dark hair, her head seemed large, and because of her diminutive breasts, her body assumed a lank, almost childlike stance. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A photograph from his late middle years shows him as gaunt and sinister, like the villain in a Victorian melodrama, with long, lank hair and bulging eyes–a face to frighten babies. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As they went down the mist became colder and damper, and their hair hung lank and dripping on their foreheads. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z An angular citizen with popping eyes, and clothes too short for the lank length of his limbs, was pulling to the fore. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z "We'll take the horse too," said another of them, a woman shorter than Robb, with a broad flat face and lank yellow hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ampleforth, too large to sit in comfort on the narrow bench, fidgeted from side to side, clasping his lank hands first round one knee, then round the other. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I thought of my own lank hair covered by the sleek and gleaming curls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A large flag hung lank above the floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The children sat opposite the king, staring at his milky face and weak chin and lank, wet-looking hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven’s previously lank hair was now leonine in back, while the front retreated. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Mellower ran his fingers through his lank blond hair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were mostly men from Osskil, speaking not the Hardic tongue of the Archipelago but a dialect of their own, and they were dour men, pale-skinned with black drooping mustaches and lank hair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He combed his lank, fair hair with his fingers, cleaned his nails with his teeth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia hurried into the gym, her lank brown hair hanging around her pallid face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z With his left hand he drew back Gollum’s head by his thin lank hair, stretching his long neck, and forcing his pale venomous eyes to stare up at the sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Malcolm brought the canoe up onto the lank and sodden grass under a yew tree, tied the painter urgently to the nearest branch, and hastened to fix the hoops into their brackets. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She was about sixteen, tall and skinny, with lank dark hair that she scraped back into an unflattering ponytail. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even her hair, Pearl noticed, seemed lank, falling in front of her face so it half covered her eyes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bobby pins held back her lank gray hair, and a cigarette dangled from her mouth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z One green eye and one black one peered out from under a lank fall of hair so blond it seemed white. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then she brushed the lank blond hair and braided it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a thin, sleep-flushed face, light eyes, a wry mouth, and fair, lank hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a young man, almost a boy, with a half-formed, immature face and a lank mop of hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His long lank hair was nearly ash-blond, worn long and treasured since he whopped it with a pocket comb unconsciously and often. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Reeves, the star of “The Matrix,” wore his locks lank and chin-length but balanced the slacker style with a navy suit and black V-neck. Scene City: A Cozy Premiere for Keanu Reeves 2011-04-07T00:37:02Z In fact, watching a deflated Van Damme shuffling around in the snow, his mullet lank and unwashed, his face ravaged by time is a genuinely unpleasant experience. The Hard Sell: Coors Light 2011-07-22T23:04:02Z With beard, lank grey hair and a large stomach that may be the product of eating too many fry-ups at the greasy spoon next door, he looks like a bucolic version of William Golding. The man behind the great Dickens and Dostoevsky hoax 2013-07-10T16:35:00Z A strained half smile reveals several lost teeth, while the lank brown hair neither lies smoothly nor curls becomingly. The Life of George Eliot by Nancy Henry - review 2012-06-01T21:55:03Z Their jeans were tight, their tops polka-dotted, their hair lank and stringy, and they were lining up for passage — not a yacht, but a ferry. If He Can Make It Here, He’ll Make It Anywhere 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Male Bonding are not the first non-US band to be on Sub Pop, but it still feels like a gesture, even an assertion of sorts, albeit a drawled one muffled by the lankest of fringes. New band of the day ? No 775: Male Bonding 2010-04-28T16:03:00Z We won’t reveal the circumstances of his appearance but needless to say the hair remains lank and black, the put-downs vicious and the banter with Hermione as lively as ever. 5 Great Cameos in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z He’s a little paunchier than I expected, but for the most part, Johnny Ramone looks exactly like I imagined: snug jeans, white sneakers, sleeveless T, lank brown hair curtaining shifty, intense eyes. My failed Ramones audition 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z With her lank brown hair, high cheekbones, strong jaw, and the crease of a frown carved into her forehead from an early age, Lucas is a striking presence in these images. The Animal and the Edible in Sarah Lucas’s Self-Portraits 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Nick Fletcher, though saddled with 70s lank hair, is nicely dodgy. Public Enemy; These Shining Lives; The Hothouse – review 2013-05-18T23:07:16Z The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank And we – we got upsot. Coca-Cola didn’t invent Santa ... the 10 biggest Christmas myths debunked 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z If this is a fairytale, then India, with her lank, brown hair and pale colouring is Cinderella. Sundance film festival 2013: Stoker – first look review 2013-01-21T15:16:12Z You don't suddenly decide to grow lank, greasy hair and wear bad, ill-fitting clothes. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z “He looks convincingly ancient, with lank white hair and stubbly beard, and he performs with the creaky, painful movements of a weary, stiff-jointed old man.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘House of the Dragon’ and U.S. Gymnastic Championships 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Even long, lank hippie hair on some of the models did not convince that this was a collection flowing outside the mainstream. Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z He was tall and lank, posing like a model. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z She has a helmet of lank, straw-colored hair, its tone enhanced by the contrast of her chestnutty brown skin. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z “Mike’s from another planet,” said the lank redhead with him as men stopped to watch her climb up out of the little car. Woodstock 1969: A Story Vastly Bigger Than Editors Realized 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Her hair is lank, unwashed, and she hides herself in oversized clothes. 25 years ago, "I Know What You Did Last Summer" told the future of teen trauma 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Behind the undone chignon, the back of Donald Trump is covered in white lank,” the machine wrote. The Algorithm That Could Take Us Inside Shakespeare’s Mind 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Mostly, with his lank black hair and wan complexion, he just looked deliciously evil. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z She hadn’t been sleeping well; her brown hair hung lank past her shoulders, and her eyes were rimmed with worry. Take a valium, lose your kid, go to jail 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z He has lank hair to his shoulders and owlish glasses; he looks like he might start shaving in a year or two. Opinion | Escape from Russia: A young college student tells his tale 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Loud cheers reverberated through the arrivals hall at Newcastle International Airport when Nick finally emerged, his hair long and lank, to be embraced by a throng of family and friends. 'I spent years as an innocent man in an Indian jail' 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z “A bronzed, lank man! His suit of ancient black,//A famous high top-hat and plain worn shawl//Make him the quaint great figure that men love,//The prairie-lawyer, master of us all.” Fox News poll: Voters want a border compromise 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z She looked exhausted, her hair lank and eyes struggling to stay open. How race relations in the 'rainbow nation' have become toxic 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z He livestreamed a video, dragging the metal comb through his lank hair. How a welder with a useless invention — a meat cleaver cellphone cover — became an accidental viral video star 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Later that year, a new volume by Wright, “ShallCross,” was published posthumously, with a dedication to Gander: “for Forrest / line, lank and long, / be with.” Forrest Gander’s Grief Sounds 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z By the time talk turned to Antonio Conte’s future on Saturday night, the Italian’s hair was lank with champagne, silverware was acting as a shield and the mood was one of defiance. Antonio Conte likely to leave after delivering parting gift to Chelsea | Dominic Fifield 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z The photo instantly takes me back to the 1980s : boxy suits and lank haircuts, and most of all, the big-shouldered man with a broad smile. Opinion | Immigrants saved Ronald Reagan’s life 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z On the field, the Patriots trailed with 2:05 to go, when here came that lank, cool-hand Brady, driving them 77 yards in an astonishing 77 seconds, with four javelin passes to Rob Gronkowski. Perspective | Players were giving NFL the moment it needed, before an owner took it away 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Weary and angular with lank blond hair, elegantly sheathed in black, yet still casually paint-flecked: She was exactly how I’d imagined a Real Artist. The Other Side of the Wall: A New Generation of Latino Art 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z He noted the laid-back approach extended to Peston's own appearance, which included an open-necked shirt and "that lank haircut beloved of arts undergraduates". Robert Peston's ITV show debuts to lukewarm reviews - BBC News 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Long enough that the arm became lank and lax. Peyton Manning’s next act will be his most difficult 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z First you look bad, and then you look amazing First, your skin goes blotchy, eyes bloodshot, hair lank, tongue coated, and of course you stink. Thinking of doing a detox diet? Be warned: this is what happens to your body | Brigid Delaney 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The playwright Anne Washburn is slight and unassuming, lank of hair, pale of face. Anne Washburn: the playwright rebooting the ancients – and the Simpsons 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Forever lank, Brooke spends a good nine minutes of the film trying to smarten it up. Haute mess: the fashion for being scruffy 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z For weeks, even months, they would refuse shampoo, resulting in hair that emitted cheap cider and bong fumes wherever they went and gradually became lanker, greasier and flatter. Is it really healthier to live without shampoo? 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z That moon of a face, the shiny tonsure, the lank side-curtains of hair – ghost of a defrocked priest. Sex and wheels: Zadie Smith on JG Ballard's Crash 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z I asked a lank, blond youth manning the table. Tripping in LSD's Birthplace: A Story for “Bicycle Day” 2014-04-19T12:41:38Z Even in shoulder pads he is lank and relatively unmuscled next to younger specimens, and with his shirt off, well, he’s no Gatorade commercial. Peyton Manning on his neck surgeries rehab — and how he almost didn’t make it back 2013-10-21T21:58:22Z There’s one scene in which she backcombs it in a garage forecourt before reappearing, her hair lanker than ever. Haute mess: the fashion for being scruffy 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Amid stooping figures and grasping hands I caught a glimpse of the haggard, yellow face, the glazed, expressionless eyes, the lank black hair streaked across the brow. Marathon runners may curse Sherlock Holmes creator 2012-08-02T16:01:48Z I recollect his curious appearance, his tall, lank figure, buttoned up in a frock coat, very much embroidered with braid, and his long, light hair brushed straight down below his collar. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Early next morning the work of pumping was resumed, and as the water sank slowly down the mouth of the cavity, a dark object showed amidst the lank weeds. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z In my poor, lean lank face nobody has ever seen that cabbages were sprouting. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z It was Gallup's way of expressing himself, and, even though he might be afraid in advance, the tall, lank fellow always showed up well "in a pinch." Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z His lank, unpowdered hair was tied in a stiff Hessian queue of extraordinary length. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Whereupon uprose Timothy Tracy, a long lank boy with yellowish hair and dull lack-lustre eyes, out of a niche in the wall and unfolded a number of "The Wild Boys of New York." The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z A mass of lank hair, terminating in a greasy pigtail, covered his head. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Tall and lean, with lank black hair, and features of a stern, sour cast, he had nothing of outward show to distinguish him from those round him. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The third youth was long and lank and talked with a nasal drawl and a manner of speech that proclaimed him a down-easter. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z He stood an instant, his lank figure motionless. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Lean; lank; rawÐboned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. ÷ aperture, ÷ distance. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The Evanses of Nant, who were young men with lank faces and black hair combed upward, were by the door. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z She looked twenty-three but she had the cheeks and eyes of a chubby infant, while her arms and figure had the lank, immature effect of a girl of thirteen. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z He turned his face to Kipps and enforced his next words with the index finger of his lean, lank hand. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He was less pale, less lank, less wo-begone than formerly, and went more briskly. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z They were all lank men, boiled red from within and without. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Mrs. Crumb, a lank woman with stooping shoulders and a soft, flat voice, received them without excitement. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The chef was a long, lean, lank, cadaverous man looking as if he wanted one of his own skewers run down him. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z It seemed for a time likely to prove the apple of discord, judging from the hungry glances cast at it by a long, lank, thinly-clad old man across the car. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Her dress was a shapeless linsey-woolsey gown, and home-made list slippers covered her long, lank feet 'Be that the fashion?' she asked, pointing to my short, closely fitting walking-dress. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z Suddenly as the two men were crossing the street, a lank, wretched looking fellow came towards them from the doorway of a saloon. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z The Evanses of Nant, who were young men with lank faces and black hair combed upwards, were by the door. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z "It is but a step to Queen Street," I said to the lank lad; "so if by chance the young lady herself be living there, you shall wait her pleasure and bring me my answer." Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z My notion was nothing pathetic of the pale boys and lank girls about, for they seemed merely stirring or moveless parts of the mechanism. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z The words had scarcely passed Roger's lips when she appeared, gliding out of the mist towards them, the Bat's lank form at her elbow. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He is effeminate-looking but genteel, with long lank hair simply caught back behind. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Brougham sprang like a boy to his feet, and whisked his long, lank body to a distant bookshelf. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z "Where is the forest-runner who desires a pass to Lexington?" she began; then, perceiving my lank, dark form against the candle-light, she laughed a sweet, contented little laugh and bade me approach. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He appears to his priesthood as a giant, tawny skinned, lank haired, and wearing the Ashantee robe. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z A moment and the Bat's lank form loomed through the mist. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He is a most deplorable-looking man, very tall and thin, with faded, lustreless gray eyes, hollow, sallow cheeks, and a very lank, ugly, straight-haired beard, light brown in the middle. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z And as I did so, my own image confronted me in the glass, as with long, lank hair, and a great bolster of a white cravat, I stood before it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The crown is utterly bald; the hair is scanty about the temples, but grows in thick, lank tufts on the nape. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z By the end of autumn she was amazingly long-legged, and lank, and awkward, with an unmatched talent for getting in the way and knocking things over. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Below them on the right the Bat was drilling his pikemen, and alternately launching his lank form this way and that in a fever of impatience. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Austin's face was worn, and thinner than it had been when he reached the Cumbria; the damp stood beaded on it, and his hair lay wet and lank upon his pallid forehead. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z "Well, if a fellow will wear his hair that fashion, he must take the consequence," said he, drawing out my long lank locks as they hung over my shoulders. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z “Perhaps the Good Samaritan was lean and lank, and found it hard to live.” Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z A bar-winged moose-fly, that vicious biter, chancing to alight at that moment on the calf's ear, she shook her lank head vehemently. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z “It surely is,” croaked the lank individual, his head bobbing with renewed excitement. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z The garden was not very productive, save of weeds, and perhaps, tremendous lank artichokes or swollen marrows. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Suddenly a man hurriedly pressed through the waiting multitude; lean and lank was his body, and pale his countenance, but his eyes beamed with life and fire. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z Upon the seaweed, slimy and dark, That waves its arms so lank and brown, Beckoning for thee! Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z Of course I could not send them to school—they would only grow lanker. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z On reaching the spot, a poor old beast, lean and lank, with a lariat about his neck, stood surrounded by some fifty Indians. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Straight, lank, long and coarse, round or nearly so in section, with the medulla or pith easily distinguishable, and almost without exception black. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z So there I was, a long, lank figure, strutting off by myself over the field, shouting "Hep—hep—hep!" Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z "It's because the town don't believe half it hears," interpolated the lank gentleman. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z They were sisters, the eldest not quite sixteen, all three having the same lank figures with sloping shoulders and long thin throats, and the same curiously white, milk-white skin. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The Bengalee sheep are described as 'small, lank, and thin, and the colour of three-fourths of each flock is black or dark gray. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The rounder it is the stiffer and lanker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z His lank red hair lay matted on his forehead, making him look like an unhappy collie dog. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z In person he was lank and slightly over middle height. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Tall and lank, and daft-looking, it possessed almost the speed of a red deer, and was as full of mischief as ever sheep could be. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z The black mule was strong, and the lank old Catalan shouldered my heavy valise and walked off without a murmur. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Colour varies less in the lank type, and scarcely at all in the woolly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z My languid lily, my lank limp lily, My long, lithe lily-love, men may grin— Say that I'm soft and supremely silly— What care I, while you whisper stilly; What care I, while you smile? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z One lank official moved about at his leisure, and one embryo trader hastened to display his boxes of lozenges, and his basket of unwholesome peanuts and last year’s apples. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z March came in like a lamb that year, and the sweet season danced in the bleak furrows over which the lank hares leaped and scampered. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z But he is long-bodied and lank, and not otherwise handsome for an elephant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The wavy type bridges the gulf between the lank and woolly types, all in turn derived from a common hair-covered being. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Kimpson—Only her left wrist, and her body was very flat and lank. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social 2011-11-24T03:00:50.470Z He was a lank man, of bloodless complexion and irreproachable manners. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z A lank, ugly cur, of unassignable breed, but unmistakably currish—a rank, unmitigated cur, with melancholy visage and moist eyes—returned the look. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z "Forty to one on the lank and sandy, it's an heiress." Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z It was that of a very tall, old man, lank and upright, with snow-white mustaches, beard, and eyebrows, all in a shaggy and neglected state. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The physical aspect of the white inhabitant indicates the local impressions and inspirations—listless and apathetic in look, lank and haggard in form. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Ulenspiegel saw that she was old, scraggy, lank, and fierce of aspect. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Instead, they usually portray him as a sort of sad-faced travesty upon Lord Dundreary, a tall, lank, much bewhiskered "milord," familiar to patrons of Continental farce-comedy. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z His face was hollow, his hair damp and lank, and his hands, with which he was clumsily rolling a cigarette, were very thin. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Jacque, sooth to say, is not very well favored, sallow, flat-faced, with lank black hair, small, black, cunning eyes, and a wide mouth; he has a broad square figure, and a saucy swagger. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z There was a square cat-hole in the wall, and through it a lank, half-starved cat crawled and came purring and rubbing against the young man's ankle. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Meanwhile the mail-bag which had just arrived lay lean and lank across the counter, appearing as resigned as the three human beings ranged on the chairs opposite. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z He emerged from the shadows, as quietly as a shadow itself, and in the twilight his long, lank figure seemed almost to be floating in space. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z A veil of the same stuff fell over the face of the figure, of which the hands hung down strait at each lank side. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z At least he learned the drill and the regulations and how to keep out of the guardhouse—except just after pay day; and his lank figure took on a certain military spruceness. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z A long, lank individual received me there, and on my asking for Herr Eichelkatz, he answered testily: "I guess he's in the floored room." Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Ralston and the cabman lifted the lank form of Sullivan to the sidewalk and half carried, half dragged him into the area. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Tall, lank, sharp-featured lads of all ages, from twelve to twenty. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Cardinal Plouernel was a man of sixty-five years of age, lean, lank and leathery of skin. The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 2011-08-29T02:01:02.680Z Carter always chuckled contentedly over the cartoons of the tall, lank figure with the lean face, grimly 205 set jaws and starred top hat. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z And at last a little man with lank, black hair, like an esquimo, comes smiling. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z He got up, his lank, nervous figure braced with interest. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z It was his body, his long, lean, lank body, that suggested the stone diet. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z The straight and lank, the flowing or curled, and the crisped or frizzled, differ respectively as to the angle which the filament makes with the skin on leaving it. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z He saw the same lean faces, the same lank, sinewy bodies, the same clear eyes and set jaws. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z He was tall and lank, and had the most hideously bristly red beard I ever saw. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z In view of his d�shabill� the lank one retreated to the other room, but when the caller proved to be only the valet, he came prancing out with his clothes upon his arm. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z A lank, elderly man, who sat with his back to the wall, pushed up a battered tall hat from his eyes, and, producing a box of matches, exclaimed 'Hell? A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z The sixth ruffled the lank hair on Boss Tolley’s head and splintered the door frame just above it! The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The hedges were beginning to lose their trim appearance, and the dust-laden leaves on the midsummer growths wore a mildewed aspect that somehow matched the lank, weedy grass of the road banks. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Another pleasantry was of one of Lord Lyttelton's sons, who was very tall and lank. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z The stranger's complexion was that of caout-chouc; and his long lank locks were blacker than the plumage of those yellow-footed birds that prey upon the dead. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Dicky grew slighter and lanker, dark about the eyes, and weaker. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z His head was generally bent forward or leaning on his hand in meditation, his shoulders stooping, and his chest falling in, his limbs lank and unmuscular, and his complexion sallow. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Before we had gone far, the most wonderful lean, lank, long-legged, reddish-brown pigs went scudding across our track, and disappeared amongst the trees. Stevenson's Shrine The Record of a Pilgrimage 2011-07-18T02:00:23.520Z His silken hose were spattered with mud, and his gay bridal dress hung about his person in lank and dripping folds. The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II 2011-07-18T02:00:20.080Z When passing through Phœnix, the typical and irrepressible critic came to the surface, in the shape of a lean, lank, awkward, ignorant country boy of, say, eighteen summers. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z Ruth and Helen turned in amazement and saw the lank, mannish figure of the strange woman flying up the saloon. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z He was dressed in a stiff, clean, blue blouse and his kindly, lank old face was freshly shaven. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z A tall man was there, gaunt and brown, with hairless face and lank brown hair, but with eyes cold and gray as the sea. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z The lank man tossed away his match; the cigar was drawing. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Hark how their breath draws lank and hard, The sallow stern police! Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z Fisher was two or three inches taller, more slender, lank of features, and sterner. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z The Skipper is lank and thin, looking as though he had outgrown his strength in boyhood, and never summoned up pluck enough to recover it again. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z You know that lank chap, Berriman, who brought out those asinine articles on celibacy. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The lank man was trying to light a cigar. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Bill Henry refused it with a scowl, taking a seat upon the ground near the front of the tent, where he crossed his lank legs in front of him. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Howells, in his "Cambrian Superstitions," says that the Cyhoeraeth is a being with dishevelled hair, long black teeth, lank withered arms, a frightful voice, and cadaverous appearance. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z Silas pulled his lank figure together, hitched up his trousers, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and lumbered up the narrow passage. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Reckon that lot’s gone to raise hell among the pesky varmints camped along your return trail, Colonel,” said the lank storekeeper, pinning a fly to the wall with his quid at half-a-dozen paces. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z "I wish I was dead," said a lank man behind Kilgour. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Not ten yards behind the coyote a lank, slate-colored hound, more gray than stag, was closing in inch by inch. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z “By the way, Mister, d’you care to part with that same animal?” said a tall, lank transport-rider, critically eyeing Hicks’ steed. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z But the would-be purchaser was warned that its skin had been puffed up with air which would soon leak out, and he would have on his hands a lean, lank, bony yabi scrub. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z “Say, but there’ll be trouble when those chaps come up with the sodgers,” said the lank storekeeper, contemplating the retreating Indians. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z The lank man turned up his collar, feeling for a button. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Then, in a village graveyard, that more terrible figure takes its place, the sombre phantom-form of Aram, long and lank, the assassin reasoning with his remorse. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Their hair is black and lank, and their skins of a dark copper colour. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z I was growing up long and lank as a willow-wand, brawns to my legs there were none, as my trousers of other years too visibly effected to show. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Then at Vipan’s suggestion, drinks were dispensed, the storekeeper—a long, lank Eastern man—participating in the round. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Camel breeding, formerly very productive to the Tatars of the plain, has given place to lank flocks of merinos. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He was at this time fifty-five years of age, extremely tall and lank, with a haggard face and large aquiline nose. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Had the young Englishman but known it, five miles from Meerut his Arab’s hoofs threw pebbles over a swarthy moullah, lank and travel-stained, who was hastening towards the Punjab on a dreadful errand. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z The pessimists of the world have usually been lank and lean. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z He addressed turned, and beheld a lank, dried-up individual who might have been any age between thirty and fifty. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z He was tall, and lank, and yellow-faced; his limbs trembled as he followed the captain to the cabin, and he shunned the passengers with half-fearful looks when they would have questioned him. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Forge wore a suit which might have been made for his grandfather, and which fitted his lank form ill. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z A carriage, with the utmost difficulty, was procured, but lank horses and a crazy vehicle were but little in unison with my impatience. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Among the others came a tall, lank man, with a lantern-jawed face and a drooping, melancholy mustache, whom Jack recognized as Hal Owens, the sheriff. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Place beside the women of the last type a man dyed copper-colour, with black, lank locks, and the startled look of a wild animal. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Y—es," hesitated Dr. Gay; "he's almost as lank as a grayhound, I must confess, and tolerably bronzed. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Shortly after we had seated ourselves at the rough board table, the kitchen door was pushed open by a tall, lank young countryman of a fierce and forbidding countenance. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z Remember her lank hair and out-of-date blouses and finger nails gnawed down to the quick. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z "Never knowed him to fail," said a lank fellow, almost loud enough for the subject to hear. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Also the evidence of her hair was against her: it was crisp and woolly, instead of being lank and oily as a proper "St. Helena lady's" should be. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z No man could sail the Rattler the way Symington could, and no skipper ever knew the capacities or character of his craft better than did the lank Yankee. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z "I see," said the other, smiling at the solemn air with which the lank stranger made this extraordinary request. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z From the cabin door a vague, lank shape came toward her through the shadows. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The lank hair was moist, and a rain of perspiration glistened on his tawny forehead. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z As the boys looked in at this picturesque exhibition of family life, a tall, lank Indian man sauntered up and muttered a few authoritative words to the woman at the loom. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z He was a tall and lank man, with high cheek bones, sunken cheek and eyes, and sandy hair. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z And, taking in the stranger's lank, scholarly figure, Williams seized the hand and squeezed with all his might. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z He was long and lank, but broad of shoulder for a boy of eighteen. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Thakakawerenté lay upon his back, and his long, lank, black hair was spread confusedly upon his breast and neck. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z "I am a juggler," said the lank, grey beggarman, "and for five pieces of silver you shall see a trick of mine." Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z Hornebog, lean and lank of figure, wore his long black hair in two solitary curls, one at each side. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z In a chair by the window sat a still more curious figure, a lank, bony individual with ill-fitted, straying clothes and a long, sharp face. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z In the dead silence which followed a lank country fellow stepped out and raised his voice. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z —He had a IV legged stool with him, and taking away the left-hand numeral, there remains V. Link lank, on a bank, Ten against four. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z After looking up for a long time, the lank, grey beggarman said, "I'm afraid the hound is eating the hare, and that our friend has fallen asleep." Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z Upon this, she jumped up at him, to pat and stroke his lank black hair, and then called out, "come along, the meal is ready prepared." Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z As he spoke, the large tears rolled down his face, and his lank cheeks trembled. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Grant and I had been pulling weeds from around the shrubs in front of cabin 3 when a lank, stick-shaped woman appeared by the office. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Hair, uniformly black, lank, round in transverse section; sparse or no beard, moustache common. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The lank, grey beggarman put his hand to his ear, and he gave it a pull. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z He had sunken eyes, milky white, and his hair was lank and long; his complexion was dark, cheeks hollow, chin pointed, and forehead low. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Sterzl at once recognized the likeness, though his lank figure was absurdly exaggerated, and his whole appearance made as grotesque as possible. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z On the road leading to the wharves he passed a tall, lank figure, whose whole appearance was that of a sailor. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z It is cut in various forms, according to the fancy of the several tribes, and by some is left in the long, lank, flow of nature. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z "I can play," said the lank, grey beggarman. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z Ab Cayce, the eldest, talked fitfully as he smoked his pipe—a lank, lantern-jawed man, with a small, gleaming eye and a ragged beard. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z There is his tall, lank form, his high hat set a little to one side, and his arm a trifle akimbo. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Despite displaying from a young age all the symptoms of the classic nerd genius – mildewed corduroy trousers, tendency to babble, non-ironical lank bowl haircut – the Fiver has never had the slightest aptitude for numbers. The Sound of Silence and A Most Peculiar Man 2011-03-07T16:54:40Z Their complexion is swarthy; their features coarse, and their hair lank, but always of a dingy black; nor have they universally the piercing eye, which generally animates the Indian countenance. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z "More melodious to me," said the lank, grey beggarman, "were the worst of these sounds than the sweetest harping of thy harpers." Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z This trait of physical vigour was manifested in each of his muscular sons, and, despite their slow and lank uncouthness, their movements suggested latent elasticity. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z His physical characteristics are a short squat body, a yellowish-brown or coppery complexion, hair lank, straight and black, flat small nose, broad skull, usually without prominent brow-ridges, and black oblique eyes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z A lank youth with long, straight, fair hair is thrashing with his suspenders a pig tied at the back of the wagon, while he holds up his trousers over his stomach with his left hand. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Tangles of reeds grew at the water's edge, lank bulrushes, sweet-flags, and clumps of willows. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z Up came the guards, seized the lank, grey beggarman, marched him to the gallows and hanged him high and dry. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z "Oh!" said Cleve, hastily stepping in, and accosting a lean, pale youth, with lank, black hair, who paused in the process of braying a prescription in a mortar as he approached. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z He had drawn a lank, hook-nosed man, with long, black hair, expressed by two blots of ink falling on either side of his face. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Her round, red full-moon face contrasted in a lively manner with the old man's grey, lank, harsh visage. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z They loiter, lounging, lank and lazy; Tho’ deil-haet ails them, yet uneasy; Their days insipid, dull, an’ tasteless; Their nights unquiet, lang, and restless. The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z "Are you wishful to hang me a third time?" said the lank, grey beggarman. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z There was a lank old villain—a schoolmaster of Cambridge, I think our Colonel said—nosin' round here early this mornin'. Roger Davis, Loyalist 2011-02-17T03:00:22.690Z The lank man came into the parlour, set his hat on a chair, and looked at Sidney very intently. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z He was lying back in the seat with his eyes closed, and the posture made his face seem even lanker and grimmer than it had at first appeared. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z The young littérateur, the sumptuousness of whose Bar-mitzvah party was still a memory with his father, had lank black hair, with a long nose that supported blue spectacles. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z And he told the story-teller never to trouble for fresh stories, but every night as long as he lived he listened again and he laughed afresh at the tale of the lank, grey beggarman. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z There was a silence: then O'Hara crossed one lank leg over the other, gingerly, and contemplated his left shoe. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Mattie looked at the stranger, a tall, lank man, with an olive face, and long black hair, which he tucked in at the back between his coat and waistcoat in a highly original manner. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Mrs. Boileau has asked no one to meet them except a lank and dreary curate, who is evidently a prime favorite with her. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z The Cobourg seminary outstaring all that is sanctimonious: so airy and lank that learning cannot take root in it. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z "Now," said the lank, grey beggarman, "has any one a mind to run after the dog and on the course?" Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z No; I could see quite distinctly in the moonlight his upstanding, feathered ears and his long, lank body. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z In one hand she held the wooden spoon wherewith she had been stirring the soup: with the other she brushed away the dark, lank hair which hung in strands over her high, pale forehead. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z She was accompanied by a little person of the male gender whose lank black locks flapped over his eyes. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z He was fully as lank as she was stout, and must have stood a good six foot two in height. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z They did so, and if they played, the lank, grey beggarman listened. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z One had a bulldog head and the lank, scraggy body of a village pariah; two had the powerfully boned frame of the Banjara hound; but all showed the uncertain, treacherous temper of their pariah cross. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z His hair was lank and plentifully sprinkled with grey: he wore it tied at the nape of the neck with a silk bow which certainly did not harmonise with the rest of his clothing. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z The face was not an unprepossessing one, albeit a trifle too thin and lank and bilious to be altogether pleasant. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Half an hour later, I observed that each of the young forest dandies had a wig on his otherwise naked head, with a peacock's feather stuck quite knowingly in the lank hair. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Back they marched to the hall, and who should they see but the lank, grey beggarman seated on a bench with his mouth to a flagon of ale. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z The brother was more than six feet tall, had a sharp, thin, lank countenance, with a tuft of hair on his chin and on his upper lip. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Oh, everything that Sam said was as straight and lank and honest as a lady's hair when it's out of crimp. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Upon this the lattice-window was thrown open, and a man's head appeared at it,—a pale, cadaverous-looking wretch, with long lank hair, and glassy and excited eye. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Mr. Simpson asked the lank, tobacco-chewing man in charge of the livery. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Now," said the lank, grey beggarman, "I'll torment you no longer. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z It was so marked and of such an unrelieved type that, after once seeing the man, you could never again think of him without recalling his lank frame and inharmonious features. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z Clothes in the closets hung lank and clammy as undried bathing-suits. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z First he was dressed in a lank, threadbare, shapeless sack; after having used the magic elixir, he has bloomed into the pink of tailoring perfection. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Matted, lank, sun-bleached hair lay in wet streaky locks on foreheads marked with the line of hats that almost grew on them—the line beyond which the sunburn never travelled. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z "You shall have them," said O'Donnell; and the lank, grey beggarman took three small straws and placed them in his hand. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z The spectre is a hideous being with dishevelled hair, long black teeth, long, lank, withered arms, leathern wings, and a cadaverous appearance. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z His hair is abundant, black, lank and coarse, but the beard is scanty, and usually plucked out, which gives him an effeminate appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" He wore a blue bonnet, from beneath which his dark hair flowed out over his shoulders, long, lank, and dishevelled. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 He was starving, but he was hard and strong: no fattened, asthmatic favourite was he, but long-winded and lank, ready to run for an hour yet, even with the load he bore. A Double Knot "Is Dink up yit?" asked a very sober looking, lank individual, who up to this moment had remained silent. The Man from Jericho He was a tall, lank Irish boy, with an open face and a morning smile. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories She tucked up the lank pads of hair clinging to either side of her face. Woman He stood with his lank legs apart, his arms folded, scowling at his Vicar over his big beard. The Wonderful Visit Her sharp features and sallow complexion had an unwholesome look, her hair was lank and lustreless, and the bright, dark eyes did not hold a pleasant expression. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life It was just about noon when Captain Moore, riding at the head of his men, listened to a message from Colonel Evans, brought to him by Bill, the long, lank, yellow-haired cowboy. The Red Mustang As if he had been the “child,” the “little heart,” his parents called him he obediently entered the cabin, tied an apron before his lank body and spread a tablecloth. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch He had a long face, small, mild blue eyes, thin, lank brown hair, a large mouth, and long, narrow nose; he was, also, the most awkward man in the world. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches At the name, Anne saw again the lank mountaineer of the loose joints and the uncombed hair, who this morning had parted from her mumbling maledictions against Boone. The Tempering "She's the image of a toadstool, with her khaki complexion and lank hair." The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life She had scarcely left the room when a lank man past middle age, with long beard that was quite gray in spots and black as to the remainder, stood up. The Cottage of Delight A Novel This man managed his lank limbs awkwardly and clumsily, as if he had lost his natural balance the moment that he ceased to feel his horse between his legs. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. They are longheaded, and their hair is coarse, black and lank. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Well, he is very lean and very lank. X Y Z A Detective Story A lank, awkward countryman presented himself at the clerk's desk in an American hotel, and, after having a room assigned to him, inquired at what hours meals were served. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions With huge umbrella, lank and brown, Unerringly she pinned it down, Right through the centre of the crown. Rhyme? And Reason? "I take the liberty of introducing myself," said the lank individual, bowing to Felix with soldierly formality. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Luke was as anxious to get into the hold as the young second mate, and he too squeezed his tall, lank form through the opening. At the Fall of Port Arthur Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy A very tall, astonishingly lank girl was standing in the doorway, feet apart, and hands clasped behind her back, regarding them amiably through a pair of enormous, bone-rimmed goggles. Nancy of Paradise Cottage They were all hungry, and Jennie's cooking received such praise as comes from friends who speak and devour—Parker nearly devoured without speaking, so lank and empty was he by reason of his long walk. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Before he could guard himself his cheeks were tingling under two resounding smacks, his cap was knocked into the scruppers and his lank hair was in the clutch of lithe fingers. A Traitor's Wooing The teacher was a long, lank man, in a black threadbare coat, and a skull-cap,—exactly like the schoolmaster in "The Deserted Village." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 By this light, his head and belly look as blue and lank as French rabbits or stale poultry! A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 His hair hung lank about his brow, the tide washed it along in passing, as it washed the weeds from the face of the lilies. Love's Usuries With the mournful atmosphere of Breysgate Priory, however, I could not help feeling that my own lank jaws and more precisely poised head-gear consorted better. The Great Miss Driver That lank, black figure with its ravel of grey locks escaping from under a black "wide-awake" was the Nikè that led on to Freedom. Shadows of Flames A Novel A lank, unshorn Rebel was looking through the bars where I had so often looked. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 He wore his coal-black hair fer down on his back and shoulders, and his long moustache drooped deep beneath his lank jaw. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) She affected flippancy, but her mirth hung lank, like the curls of a drowning man. Love's Usuries We had just passed a deserted log house with a dead horse lying in front of it, when we overtook a long, lank, lean woman; she had a boy about eight years old with her. Personal Recollections of the Civil War By One Who Took Part in It as a Private Soldier in the 21st Volunteer Regiment of Infantry from Massachusetts He found his lank, dark face and shy eyes rather touching. Shadows of Flames A Novel The women had their long lank hair hanging loose about their persons, forming their chief covering, with the exception of some scanty rags fastened round their hips. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 He was the puniest, lankest, and leanest of any we had seen on the hacienda, and his single garment was the dirtiest. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. The tall, lank figure, the yellowish skin, looking as though indigestion lurked around the corner, the hard, narrow mouth—white men like this had been customary figures in her Southern life. The Shadow My beard and moustache covered the lower part of my face, and my hair, long and lank, hung heavily on my neck behind. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience His patient waiting was at last rewarded, for a long lank figure presently appeared far down the street, evidently making for Mr. Smythe's establishment. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 I did my best to encourage her and then made what haste I could to the house of Roger Treffit, which stood lank and dark against the black sky. Windyridge His face was flushed, his eyes were wild, his figure lank; and he had not strength to support himself, but pitched against me, who could barely keep myself up, and both nearly came down together. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. His hips and shoulder blades seemed to meet, giving his long, lank legs the appearance of a man's head on jointed stilts. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Pilgrim frequently passed his hand through his long lank hair, but found thereby no approach to Petrovitsch, who, so far from encouraging him, got up now, paid his score, and departed. Edelweiss A Story A single glance at Jalap's lank figure enveloped in firs, with his weather-beaten face peering from the recesses of a hair-fringed hood, was enough at any time to make Phil laugh. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 At the Booth Line agency we encountered a lank gentleman with a languid smile who further enlightened Angus Jones. Where the Pavement Ends With much merriment she pointed out a tall, lank Englishman, coming in sight with his stout wife and three slim daughters, who wore long curls and extraordinarily brilliant dresses. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine You wept the dead youth laid lank and white in the empty hut, sat scarring your cheeks with the dark-cowled women. A Pushcart at the Curb Long and lank and lean, he might have been taken for a Yankee of the Yankees, until he began to speak. The Story of Chautauqua His long black hair hung in lank strands about his shoulders, giving him a wild appearance. Red Nails The lank form on the bunk had moved. Where the Pavement Ends Anywhere else the long whip would have curled round their lank ribs, but in old Pierre's kitchen they knew they were safe. Anne And now in the late bitter years, your head is bowed with bitterness; across your knees lies the lank body of the Crucified. A Pushcart at the Curb He was dirty-yellow in color, very lank of body, and he seemed to be made up of ill-assorted parts of different kinds of dogs. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks When he turned his head she caught the blaze of wild eyes among the lank strands of black hair. Red Nails Slowly Nivin levered his lank frame out of the chair and moved a pace like a somnambulist and stood staring at those fingers. Where the Pavement Ends He wore a straight lank beard, a chimney-pot hat, once white, and weather-beaten moleskin clothes, which looked as if they had not been off him for a month, which indeed was very near the truth. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion With my boots of shining leather Creaking when they rubbed together, And a foeman lank, to walk the plank, whenever I'd insist! A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse For crew he had chosen a wiry little Welshman and two lank leather-skinned Yankees. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life They were like the others she had seen, the same knotted muscles bulging on otherwise gaunt limbs, the same lank blue-black hair, the same mad glare in their wide eyes. Red Nails The mother was one of those lean, lank women that can always be pleasant and agreeable: as for Lizzie,--no, there wasn't a false vein about her; I will say that to my dying day. Black Forest Village Stories And as I did so, my own image confronted me in the glass, as with long lank hair, and a great bolster of a white cravat, I stood before it. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The lank Irisher was not in a talkative mood. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. A young woman–not so very young, either–as lank and lean as Lucas himself, was busy 65 at the stove. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks At last I blew my nose, and, pressing the sharp edges of my Arab stirrups on the lank sides of my poor weary jade, I rode on slowly towards the Bethlehem gate. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant He was tall and lank, and walked with a firm step. Black Forest Village Stories Whitewashed walls are surely quite as good, if not better, than lank jaws, pale with mortification. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) He headed the way the lank Irishman pointed and drove ahead. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. He wore his thin, lank hair much longer than he did afterwards. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections She did not know that the lank form under her shabby dress had graceful lines and supple curves that would fill out some day and stand for something better than Slipside Row knew of. Maid Sally Wednesday was Irish; Thursday, Old Hundred; Friday, Bangor; and Saturday, Blackburn, that humdrummest of tunes, "as long, and lank, and lean, as is the ribbed sea-sand." A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time His 55 lank form, and his polished dome of thought, as he delights in calling his joke box, help to make him so droll on the platform. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Farrell looked up and his eyes rested upon a lank and hungry-looking Irish youth. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. I looked in the direction pointed out to me, and beheld a somewhat dark individual with lank, black hair, of ordinary height, or a little below perhaps, dressed in a most extraordinary costume. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections To begin with, the man had become a horseman, a climber, a scout, a fighter of Indians and elements, lank and thin and lithe, silent and dogged and relentless. The Story of the Trapper But this youth was an Indian or almost—betrayed by his lank hair and narrow shining eyes. The Woodlands Orchids Next to him sat a little cripple, whose pale countenance bore that expression of suffering sweetness so peculiar to the deformed; while his lank hair, bony hands, and misshapen shoulders awakened the beholder's pity. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 He had known the lank Britisher would come in. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. William is in the north; the avenging sword Descended like a whirlwind where he passed; Slaughter and Famine at his bidding wait,30 Like lank, impatient bloodhounds, till he cries, Pursue! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 There were lank New Englanders under Wyeth of Boston, erect as a mast pole, strong of jaw, angular of motion, taking clumsily to buckskins. The Story of the Trapper The second man of the trio was the lankest and leanest person in the whole forest, and was called Slim Schlurker. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace You can see it in their lank frames and their gaunt faces. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North They had gone but a little distance into the Confederate lines, when they saw a shabby, old-fashioned carriage, drawn by a pair of lean, lank horses, the occupants waving a white flag. The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox The damp air wet his hair, and it hung lankly back from his haggard face. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Far and near the land was dotted with slowly-moving cattle, nipping gratefully at the succulent grass tips, their formerly lank and rough-haired flanks distended with the young year's generous bounty. The Song of the Wolf Let her stand and rushes swing; Let lank flags dip murmuring, Low, lost winds come like a wing; They will waken though she sing, But one mortal ne'er will waken. Blooms of the Berry His hair and brows and lashes were paler than straw, and his long lank figure was without either distinction or muscularity. Ancestors A Novel It is well known that nothing is so uniform in the present Indian as his lank, black hair. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The tall, lank boys modeled themselves on Shorty, and the short, chubby ones on Si. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys They found there a lank, long-haired, ragged Tennesseean, with a tattered hat of white wool on his head. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The grasses are rotting in walk and in bower; The orchards smell dank and rank As a chamber where lay for a lonely hour A corpse unclad in the taper's glower, Chill, white, and lank. Blooms of the Berry Her face was sallow and her black hair as lank as her body, but her eyes were keen and bright, and she was indisputably respectable. Ancestors A Novel The full pleated skirt with the upper portion drawn up at the hips, and the cape about the shoulders, obviated the difference between Odalie's delicately rounded slenderness and Hamish's lank angularity. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The lank men and scrawny women cried their wares vociferously, but with indifferent results. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran If any gentleman’s or children’s hair be never so lank, she makes it curle in a little time, and to look like a periwig.” The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries And the armies of the leaves were shattered, Their standards drenched, heavy and lank; And the iron weed's purple was spattered, And the lily lay broke on the bank. Blooms of the Berry The soubrette had a lank young body neatly attired in a store suit and shirt-waist. Ancestors A Novel Our typical mountaineer is lank, he is always unkempt, he is fond of toting a gun on his shoulder, and his curiosity about a stranger’s name and business is promptly, though politely, outspoken. Our Southern Highlanders Shorty, long and lank, was swifter on his feet than Si. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran Among them he saw the lank form of Ephriam Schoolcraft slowly arising to one elbow as the horse-dealer turned and watched them come down the incline. Bring Me His Ears She was too brown, but her skin hadn't turned leathery yet, and there was still a little life in the lank brown hair that fell matted about her shoulders. Homo Inferior Lysander straightened his lank form, and then betook himself to a seat on a neighboring boulder, evidently of the opinion that the judicial nature of the question before him demanded a sitting posture. Stories of the Foot-hills There the cattle—oxen yet "lean, and lank, and brown as is the ribbed sea-sand," will, in a few months, eat themselves up, on straw and turnip, into obesity. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The fern was pressed beneath her hair, The dark green adder’s tongue was there; And still as past the flagging sea-gale weak, The long, lank leaf bowed fluttering o’er her cheek. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part In the gloom he saw eyes looking out upon him, eyes in pairs, like coals of fire surrounded by dark, lank, shadowy forms. In the Brooding Wild He was broad of shoulder and of girth, the jaw lank and earnest. Mary Magdalen She turned to her poor hopeless little dream again, and kept close behind Lysander's lank form all the way to Flutterwheel Spring. Stories of the Foot-hills When the pike was dusty and the horses walked they were frequently overtaken and passed by cavalcades of lank, hard-faced men in dingy homespun, and cadaverous women with snuff-sticks and slouched sun-bonnets. John March, Southerner Charley was a lean and sprawling youth with lank blonde hair, a long nose, and an incorrigible smile that spread to the furthest confines of his face. The Deaves Affair The cheek-bones are prominent, the eyes almond-shaped, oblique upwards and outwards, and the hair coarse, lank and invariably black. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" "God, he lives!" she bent now softly Over him who 'neath the chestnuts There on the green sward was lying, Stroked the fair locks, lank and bloody, From his brow: "Hast fought right bravely!" The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. Lysander got up and carried the baby into the adjoining room, bending his lank form from habit rather than from necessity, as he passed through the doorway. Stories of the Foot-hills The Kolúch complexion is light; the hair long and lank; the eyes black; and the lip and chin often bearded. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies He beheld a grinning, sharp-featured face under a shock of lank, molasses-candy-coloured hair, a face as dear and familiar to him as the room, and he knew that the owner of it was called Charley. The Deaves Affair You are very well, Hugh, darling," continued my grandmother; "though I must think you would be more interesting in your own hair, which is curling, than in that lank wig. The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts A tall, carved clock in the corner struck, and a man, a lank, sandy man beside him, seemed to have said something, for his voice was in the air. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon “Sometimes sell two at one house,” said a lank book-agent, arousing himself from a reverie; “once sold three.” Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 As on the day of their capture, they were lank and stately. The Plow-Woman Her shadow was long now as it preceded her down the street, lank, awkward, clumsy. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories "Well, how goes it?" he asked pleasantly, dropping his long, lank frame upon a bundle of hotel table-linen. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself The tall, lank figure was before him, the ironical smile drooped on the tight lips. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Mr. Wynn stood on the threshold, looking a complete contrast to the shuffling, retreating figure of the lank Yankee striding over to the road. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement And relief cannot come too soon: for we who have families are shabby enough in our raiment, and lean and lank in our persons. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it. The Bandbox Suddenly he lifted up his lank frame, and seeing one of his workpeople making her escape, he called out: "It's not six o'clock yet!" The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself A bag of mail was on the front seat alongside the driver, a lank, slab-sided individual, in a linen duster that had evidently seen better days. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out The speaker was a tall lank man, with black hair to correspond, and lantern jaws; little cunning eyes, and a few scrubby patches of rusty stubble on chin and cheeks. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement "I always pick out little islands where I'll be quiet, and where no one comes poking around," said the lank burglar. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist We must have presented a comical sight–I with my great bulk and round, fresh face alongside the solemn, lank, and leathery Yank; both of us drawn up at attention, and solemn as prairie dogs. Gold Odal swiveled his head inside the fishbowl helmet of his spacesuit and saw, over his right shoulder, the figure of Hector—lank and ungainly even with the bulky suit. The Dueling Machine One was tall and lank, and seemed to be the leader of the two. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out And an instant later, the lank figure had left the room, slamming the door after him. In the Heart of a Fool And then, as she spoke to the lank desperado before her, there were little ripples of amusement in her face; her hands gestured as though in mockery. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist He was a tall, lank man with fine but rather fanatical features, dressed in a long black coat, his glossy head bare. Gold The wisp of straw hardly tallied with poesy of soul, nor did the lank figure and lean face, nor the cavalry uniform, badly worn, though lately new, nor yet the sagging belt with dragoon pistols. The Missourian He was very lank and solemn, and extremely precise in his manner of speech. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out The men without their coats, in their shirt-sleeves, with their lank hair hanging on their shoulders, and a sort of loose knee-breeches—knickerbockers—have a grotesque air of stage Swiss peasantry. Records of Later Life The lank burglar pulled at his fingers until the joints cracked. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist They were as miscellaneous a lot as mortal eye ever fell upon: from the lank Maine Yankee to the tall, sallow, black-haired man from Louisiana. Gold And then surprise the most lugubrious unexpectedly clouded his lank features. The Missourian One day, a lank Virginian, wintering South in the same hotel with myself, began pitching into me on the subject of "Northern amalgamators." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 The man referred to by Captain Petersen is Sandy Ketcham, the tall, lank fellow, with the squinty eyes and the stoop shoulders. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass The lank burglar examined the appliances upon the table and nodded his approval of them, after which he stowed them away in a small cloth bag. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist The man penned in jail, growing thin of cheek and lank of limb, could wait. The Bondboy But here, goodness gracious, I’ve got to be in a sweat,” with which he began to run, a lank knight in gray dented armor. The Missourian I called to me a pretty little boy with the faintest tinge of umber in his skin, and pointed him to the lank Virginian without a word. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 The one unaccountable thing about it was that Saul Chadron, president of the Drovers’ Association, should sit there at the table and urge the lank, lean starveling to go his limit. The Rustler of Wind River Now, then," spoke the lank burglar, to his companion, "in you go. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Joe came along after Isom in a little while, slipping his suspenders over his lank shoulders as he went out of the kitchen door. The Bondboy The drover gave the retreating cowards a farewell shot from his pistols, tumbled a lank, grey demon over, and the wolf howl soon died off in the distance. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes The lank Virginian understood the answer, and sat down to read Bledsoe on the Soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 The lank, slack, ill-hinged anatomy of Peg, with a bottle in one hand, and a long horn spoon in the other, advanced, and in no gracious tone demanded what was my will. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 "Come in," said the voice of the lank burglar. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist No one ever dared to exhibit Cape Cod "long, and lank, and brown" enough before, and hence the value of the book. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 All of these people are black negroes, most of whom have kinky hair, and very few have lank. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century They were three of the homeliest creatures I ever set eyes on—long and lank, with faces like sour baked-apples. Phemie Frost's Experiences It was something to see the lank, brawny little army of stevedores take their first breakfast in line, alongside of the ship. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work Listen," said the lank burglar as he leaned across the table, "using your nerve all the time ain't what they tell you it is. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist Wide-eyed, and with black hair streaming lank over his forehead, Nelson, in the act of reloading, swung about to meet this new menace. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 The valley was narrowing, and the rich prairie grass was changing to a lank tangle of weedy tufts. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Out from the water's edge grew tall, lank reeds, the lurking place of snipe and sand-piper. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba The more the penance the more the sin, The more he whopped him the more he drank; Till his hair fell out and his cheeks fell in, And his corpulent figure grew long and lank. A line-o'-verse or two Tall, rather lank and loosely clothed, Dillon was coming down the pier in easy leisurely fashion, talking to a man by his side. The Harbor Kastner, having satisfied himself that the bills had not been marked, and pocketed his jeweller’s glass, pushed back his lank blond hair. The Crimson Tide A Novel The lank hair, the sad eyes, the wan face, the dressing-gown, there he sat. The Paliser case But after Morgan’s column had passed, a tall, lank girl with unkempt hair might have been seen coming down the mountainside, carrying a long rifle in her hand. Raiding with Morgan He was a lank Britisher with a mop of black hair. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin And her lank quiet father puffed his cigar, with his gray eyes restfully on her. The Harbor "Ah; don't the days seem lank and long, When all goes right and nothing goes wrong, And isn't our life extremely flat, When we've nothing whatever to grumble at." Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule There was no friendly motion of his straight, lank tail; but his appearance was undoubtedly expressive of some sort of well-meaning, canine regard. The Hound From The North He won’t allow her to marry for years, because it might interfere with his own pleasure; then he intends to turn her over to that lank, shaggy-faced Brush, who pretends to be a parson. A Waif of the Mountains The colonel looked at O'Malley's lank and bony frame and smiled. A Yankee Flier Over Berlin Their lank brown legs moved ceaselessly in rhythm with the trotting of the little ponies; their moccasined heels thudded against the flanks of the animals. When the West Was Young The killers have to seek other hunting grounds, frequently far from their home range, and often they become gaunt and lank, driven to take desperate chances to save themselves from starvation and death. A Mountain Boyhood The dog rose from his grovelling posture and came eagerly forward, wagging his lank tail. The Hound From The North George, who was big and lank, and truculent in appearance, nodded. The Greater Power Vainly his left hand clawed amongst the lank hair, while the fingers of his right released their grip upon his pistol and let it clatter to the ground. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills In the days when food was plenty she must have owned a savage sort of beauty; but her limbs were lank now and her cheeks were wasted. When the West Was Young Jim Blair hoisted his lank six feet out of the old rocker, and crossed the room, running a nervous hand through his cornshuck hair. The Cuckoo Clock His head was small, and was burdened with a crown of lank black hair which had been allowed to grow Indian-like until it hung upon his shoulders. The Hound From The North He was tall and he was lank and he was honest to his last bristling hair. Rim o' the World He is a genuine white; but his complexion is so bronzed, that you would scarcely distinguish him from a mulatto, save for his lank hair and thin lips. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Their leathern breeches loosely hang In furrows on their lank thigh-bones, Their rusty sabres drag and clang, As heavily they scrape the stones. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Presently the whole thing ceased to move, and sat still like a great loathsome toad—a silent, uncanny heap amidst the lank prairie grass. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Professor Burr placed the shiny suit upon his lank form, and she saw him put a duplicate coil, the same sort of small machine which Allen possessed, under his tongue. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Shad had seen it plainly--its repulsive gray sides so lank that they seemed almost to meet, its red, hungry tongue lolling from its ugly mouth, its cruel white fangs, and its malevolent, gleaming eyes. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob My chamber is occupied by a native Indian, whose origin is distinguishable by his lank, jet-black hair, his gipsy-like complexion, and finely-cut nostrils. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba His skin looked harsh and dry, his face had grown hollow, and his thick strong hair had turned lank and was falling out. Blake's Burden But there was just nothing but the lank, tawny grass for miles and miles, and the blazing sunlight that scorched him and baked gray streaks of dusty sweat on his horse’s shoulders and flanks. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana His ginger-coloured hair was lank and scanty; he wore it—after the manner of those of his race in that part of the world—in corkscrew ringlets down each side of his narrow, cadaverous-looking face. A Bride of the Plains The men fell back to make a path for a tall, lank figure who stepped forward with some show of dignity. The Web of the Golden Spider Face, clothes, hands, hoe were brown against the brown hillside where a purple shadow mocked each heavy gesture with lank gesticulations. Rosinante to the Road Again There were lank boys taller than Mary and little girls that needed to be cuddled and mothered. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight They are lank and lean, with large heads and high shoulders, narrow, spiny backs sloping downwards to the short hind legs; hams they have none. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand For thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand.” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life In the meantime, Garoffi came to the house to-day,—that long, lank boy, with the nose like an owl’s beak, and small, knavish eyes, which seem to be ferreting everywhere. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal First, and even now entering through the gate, he saw Jimmy Wright leading a lank young moose cow, whom he recognized as Susan. The Backwoodsmen Their Teeth are white; their Hair is black, and thick, and lank, which they wear but short; it will just cover their Ears, and so it is cut round very even. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 Monday evening came, and with it the "long, lank man." Donald and Dorothy He was a long, lank, blue-eyed young man, with curly brown hair and a pale, almost livid complexion. The River Prophet He was a lank, lantern-jawed, frock-coated gentleman of thirty-five, with an upward rolling forelock and an Adam’s-apple that throbbed in his throat like a petrified pulse. Counsel for the Defense Along the middle of the floor, with bedclothes from the bunk heaped awkwardly upon it in the little one’s efforts to warm it back to responsive life, sprawled rigidly the lank body of Joe Godding. The Backwoodsmen “Beautiful as he be?” drawled Chet, in exaggeration of bucolic twang, looking amusedly at the lank and lazy squatter himself who lay snoring on the platform before the hut. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret No one excepting Jack saw a tall, lank figure disappearing among the shrubbery as the carriage rumbled down the avenue that led to the house. Donald and Dorothy A lank, stoop-shouldered woman emerged from the craft and fixed the well-favoured young woman with keen, bright eyes. The River Prophet The question was purely formal, for his lank figure was one of her earliest memories. Counsel for the Defense A woman with lank features, in a soiled gown trailing its rags about her bare feet, came and stood in the doorway and stared at him. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies At the well-curb was a lank, bony girl, who might have been Laura’s age, or perhaps a couple of years older. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret I ask you to let me in," repeated the long, lank man, softening his tone, "as one gentleman would ask another. Donald and Dorothy A lucky gold-miner, returning from the Klondike, had brought with him not only gold and an appetite, but also a lank, implacable, tameless whelp from the packs that haunt the sweeps of northern timber. Kings in Exile I didn't blame them, poor, lank, starved creatures, for getting in and getting something to eat. A California Girl |
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