| 单词 | low-down |
| 例句 | Some blacks were able to cross over into the white markets in the forties if their talents were not too much connected with the blues or low-down black music. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Funky and low-down, the kind inspired by reading too much Carlos Castaneda and Rilke and Robert Bly and dropping acid with a guy who claimed to be my cosmic mate from a past life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I know about that part of life, and I don’t ever want you to be like that— because it’s a dirty, rotten, low-down life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's all the white folks, not just one. They all against us. Every stinking low-down one of them." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did him a favor. They wanted to catch this crook, you see. Name of Johnny. He was as low-down as they come. . . .” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, I’d seen the Preacher do some bad things, but I didn’t think no one could ever do nothing that low-down and rotten. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z People poured out of their homes and into the streets, massing together to get the low-down. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No more of this low-down sound in this house.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I swore to myself that I wasn’t never gonna do nothing that low-down ever again. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I may have my differences with the Gantrys, Mr. Peale, but I don’t take to low-down tactics. If you’re amenable, Horace will be here to help you with the harvest. For free.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Here’s the low-down on the album, which is expected to hit shelves sometime in November: 5 Things to Know About Adele's New Album 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z To see more Visual Arts roles on Guardian Jobs click here Your weekly art world low-down, sketching out news, ideas and things to see this week. Turner prize: too respectable? 2012-09-28T12:23:05Z During her interview, Falco marvels at how long some addicts can abuse and delude themselves, "how low-down some individuals can get before they either die or clean themselves up." Edie Falco: back for a new shift on 'Nurse Jackie' 2011-03-25T13:35:09Z Accompanied by Hoagy Carmichael, who plays a sweetly sleazy pianist in this film, she mumbles a song of his composing, “How Little We Know,” in perfect low-down barroom style. In The Times: Remembering Lauren Bacall 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z In his famous essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” Hughes expresses fondness for “the low-down folks, the so-called common element.” How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z But in the work he literally exalts the low-down refuse of a global culture and what are held to be the most demeaning insult words. An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z So, for sleaze appeal, they added a blue banner high up on the cover promising the low-down on “Sinatra and His ‘Rat Pack.’ ” Art Review: ?Warhol: Headlines? at National Gallery of Art - Review 2011-10-20T22:00:37Z Whereas Lynch's last LP was generally portrayed as a weird dance album, The Big Dream is described as "a hybrid, modernised form of low-down blues". David Lynch to release second solo album 2013-06-04T11:22:23Z To get the low-down on what the upcoming cicada onslaught will be like, I exchanged some emails with Dr. Angie Shelton, a biology professor at Indiana University. How to survive a plague 2013-05-14T12:11:00Z For the low-down on spanking, read TIME’s recent feature on the behavior. 8 Ways to Discipline Your Kids 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z In the game, the rider tries to pick up 100 letters while outrunning low-down dirty bandits and facing such obstacles as boulders and prickly cactus plants. Take a virtual ride on the Pony Express with video-game ‘Doodle’ 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Friend, are you feeling low-down, run-down, downright puny? Captain America: Been There, Saved That 2011-07-22T19:45:00Z Where the British Museum gives the historical low-down on Shakespeare, this astonishing performance by Rylance reveals the uncanny, dreamlike, apparently limitless power of his imagination. Is Shakespeare Britain's greatest contribution to world culture? 2012-08-28T12:54:58Z Don't expect the low-down on his relationship with her, though. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z “A gay and low-down blues,” Hughes directs, as if from the orchestra pit, in “the mood” of his piece. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z But there is usually something good-natured in even a low-down tale of woe. "Country Strong" a Nashville nightmare 2010-12-22T23:47:51Z He also emphasized that the focus of the exhibition is the enduring influence of the low-down punk on high fashion. At the Met, Punk Without the Down and Dirty 2013-05-06T11:58:12Z In the original opera the residents of Catfish Row slowly dance to a honky-tonk piano playing music described in DuBose Heyward’s libretto as “low-down blues.” Critic?s Notebook: Did ?The Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? Meets Its Goal? 2012-01-14T00:31:27Z BBC Wales political report David Deans gives the low-down on the man taking on the role. Who is the new leader of Plaid Cymru? 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Right-wing insult comic Alex Stein taunted a Black police officer: "You're not one of those low-down brothers. Your dad probably dragged you to a lot of gay bars." Exclusive: Self-described "Christian fascist" movement is trying to sabotage LGBTQ Pride Month 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z But he could have called me a low-down, sorry S.O.B and I still would have read pretty much everything he wrote. Appreciation: Rick Bragg honors Larry McMurtry's irresistible, inexhaustible stories 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The real low-down on it is that she is the secretary to Clifford K. Steele, who is Treasurer for the city of Los Angeles. From the Archives: The $6-million secretary 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Wild, low-down comedy is part of the mix at Maccarone Gallery, where Hall is having her solo debut. Review: The psychosexual madness of Trulee Hall's show at Maccarone Gallery 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z But when it comes to low-down, dirty, dishonest gutter politics in America, nothing is out of bounds. From funerals to talk shows, the Washington gutter oozes everywhere 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z But the songs — one sanctified, the other low-down — also reflect the remarkable range of Franklin's singing on this deep soul classic. The Velvet Underground, Aretha Franklin, Tiny Tim: An alternate history of music in 1968 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z “It is a slander, low-down and dirty. It is absolutely false.” Geraldo Rivera excoriates questions of Trump’s mental fitness: It is ‘low-down and dirty’ slander 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Doing so may require some low-down politics as well as didactic exhortations as he faces the threat of a “social coup d’état” from Mélenchon. ‘Jupiter’ or just another politician? Macron’s divine aura begins to fade 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Better, it features a vocal that’s both low-down in its lust and elevated in its perfection. John Lee Hooker: 10 of the best from the blues legend 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Just like the X-T1, I mostly used the tilting display when shooting from a low-down or high-up perspective where looking through the EVF wasn’t feasible. Fujifilm X-T2 review: for the love of photography 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Here, at a glance, is the low-down on them: Everything you need to know about Euro 2016 host cities 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Both shot in and set in Atlanta, the film takes place within a world of high-tech weapons and low-down double-crosses, where law enforcement, criminals and ex-military intersect. Kate Winslet 'rules' as a ruthless mob boss, according to 'Triple 9' director 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Until recently, the word “socialist” occupied a special place in American politics: Along with “liar” and “hypocrite,” it was a rare insult so low-down that it couldn’t even be used on congressmen. What is a democratic socialist? Bernie Sanders tries to redefine the name. 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z White Hart Lane's press box offers a low-down, close-up view just feet behind the visiting manager - and watching Klopp is a show all of its own. First glimpse of full-throttle Klopp 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Given the low-down on domestic arrangements in Japan by his male host - women are inferior to men, they're happy with that, and they live to serve - Bond gives his blessing: "I think I'll retire here…" Three Western myths about Japan - BBC News 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Before his transplant, Brooks got the low-down on the process from his friend Quick, who’s been through two of them. Faith, wife motivate man on liver-transplant waiting list 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z For low-down windows, simply drag your favorite chair and comfiest cushions into prime position. Dreamy Retreats And Hideaways For One 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Federal Housing Administration loans allow buyers to qualify for a mortgage with as little as 3.5 percent down, and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae recently launched their own low-down payment programs. Creative Ways Americans Can Buy a Home 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Here is the low-down on some of the new beauty-on-demand services. Apps can bring an 'Uber' world of beauty to your doorstep 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Fannie purchased these low-down loans for many years, at least dating back to 1999, and continues to accept them for mortgages made through state and local housing finance agencies. Why offering 3 percent downpayment mortgages is not a return to lax lending She brings us the low-down on the latest office designs and how they can help—or hurt—your business: 8 Things We Didn't Know A Month Ago: Satya, Sherlock, Sales, And More... 2014-03-03T16:30:00Z Every year, the Internal Revenue Service highlights the low-down and dirty by putting out its list of top 12 tax scams. Singletary: Beware of unscrupulous preparers who target taxpayers eager to get a large refund 2014-02-26T00:51:38Z Every Thursday afternoon on CBBC, DNN's Bob Roberts and Felicity Bond will bring you the low-down on the week's high points - with "help" from a team of "expert" reporters. New 'news' show DNN on CBBC 2013-05-30T13:11:13Z A few can give the low-down on derivatives. Bankers – TV review 2013-05-16T06:00:28Z Here’s the low-down on their earnings: –Tiger is number three on our “World’s Highest Paid Athletes” list, having made $59.4 million in endorsements and tournament winnings. Tiger Woods And Lindsey Vonn: By The Numbers 2013-03-18T19:10:10Z Read our guide for the low-down on one of Europe's longest-running TV shows. What is the Eurovision Song Contest? 2012-05-23T15:01:00Z In a few moments, the ball players, termed by George the low-down Hessians, recognized the two boys from the fence-top and with a yell of fury, pitched in to fight with all their strength. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z As he recovered the use of his faculties the idea gained upon him that it was a mean, low-down trick anyhow to blow up stumps that way. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z What do you think of the ornery, low-down rascal's selling out. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z "If it was just a low-down scheme to send us wild-goose chasing, they'll be hanging around somewhere to gloat, you bet!" The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Another low-down trick was attempted this afternoon, instigated, I believe, by you. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z “Well, of all the mean, unmitigated, low-down, cantankerous, sneaking, bulldozing and——” sputtered the first baseman. Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z "Very low-down!" was Andy's humble phrase of condemnation—at least very low-down; how much more he knew not but that in the best view of the case. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z It seemed a rather low-down trick, but Mr. Peasley said that probably it would flatter Mr. Brewster to learn that anyone from Connecticut could attract so much attention in a foreign country. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Almost every kind of building has been used to hide a logistical operation that is as much about the American taste for a high as it is about the low-down removal of dirt. Tijuana Journal: Despite Raids, Tijuana Tunnels Keep Humming Underground 2011-12-02T02:29:37Z “It’s such a beastly low-down, undignified position,” he complained. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Oh! they put up a dirty game on him—stuffed fish and chickens in his pockets, and then said he stole 'em—a low-down trick, I say! San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z "Don't think I'm hurt; but I should be a low-down fellow if I didn't stand up for old Jack." Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z But, dear me," said Jean, growing sober again, "think how low-down and horrid it will sound when we tell about it at home. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z The boys left him at his old hotel, clad in a miner's suit, and looking altogether, as he expressed it, "like a low-down tramp," and when they saw him again they could hardly recognize him. The Haunted Mine 2011-10-28T02:00:23.833Z I shifted a dozen low-down Arabs with the stem of a pipe. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Nobody can bring up any very low-down game against me. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z "But it seems a low-down thing to take all that money—more of yours too!" Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Something in Mr. McKay's reply must have appealed to the better nature of this low-down specimen of the white race, for, turning swiftly on his heel, he returned. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Old lady Watson has, and to run Foster's establishment in on her would have been a low-down mean trick. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z And it left me a pretty low-down type, I can tell you! The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z He had, he reflected, played rather a low-down trick on Laurie; but that could be explained later, and Laurie wouldn’t mind when he understood. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The time's coming when the man who talks 'women and children' to defeat their own interests will be treated like the skunk—the low-down, thieving swine he is. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z You can’t mention the word in connection with that low-down, scheming, blackmailing brood.” The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z "Seems a bit low-down, but there was no other way as far as I could see," commented Kenneth as he made his way down the stairs. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z I hears him saying it's come to a pretty pass when a Kentucky gentleman has either got to compromise with his conscience or play a low-down trick on his appetite. J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z Ned crouched to keep as much as possible out of the way of the flying spray, and also to bring his weight low-down in the craft and thus make her more seaworthy. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z Though the vigilante, string-’em-up response to cattle rustling has faded into the sepia-toned past, livestock theft still carries the whiff of the low-down cur. This Land: Texas Still Has Its Rustlers, and Men in White Hats Chasing Them 2011-06-06T02:52:44Z I've learned that no honesty of methods, whether in scrapping or anything else, is a match for the unscrupulous methods of a low-down mind. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z She ran away and married a low-down Frenchman and my grandfather turned her out. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z It is only the greedy, low-down citizens who deign to use it. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z Rob, your boat had the mischief done to it, not mine; I've only been the means of finding out who played that low-down trick on you that might have cost us dear. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z “Some crook has worked off a low-down trick on us!” he said. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Oh, God, it was a low-down game, something about parallel to the ghoul on the battlefield stealing money and accouterments from the dead soldiers. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z "He isn't a low-down Frenchman and I know it," was her comforting thought. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z Her inventing to see Nan home in the motor that evening had been a low-down device to cheat Julian Grant of his rights! The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z "The last we saw of you, remember, was on the Isthmus, where you played a low-down trick on us," Tubby interjected. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z He's a low-down swine; and if I get half a chance, I'll even things up with him before we leave. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z It don't amount to a heap taking forcible possession of a low-down labor man who's set the boys on to firing a million-dollar crop. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z And her father, her good, wonderful father, was considered a common, low-down Frenchman, who had married her very young mother solely because she was the daughter of a wealthy man. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z "Well, that is playing a low-down game," remarked Fuller as they rejoined him on the platform. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z On the way to the train Bess and the Missus had ruined three or four handkerchiefs and called the bird every low-down flirt they could think of. Gullible's Travels, Etc. 2011-02-06T03:00:55.707Z If you want the low-down on entitlements it's the guy you'd normally cross the road to avoid that you should talk to. Out of work? Join the job club 2011-01-29T00:01:02Z It's the man's—the dirty, low-down cur who can always trade on her weakness. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Why, that rogue played the worst low-down trick on me over in El Paso that——” “Well, repress the sentiments,” urged Mrs. Crump, calmly. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z But it was something she let spill when she was talking about you and this story in the papers that give me the low-down on the whole thing.” Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z It’s a cursed, low-down, dirty piece of business.” The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z I wouldn’t have a low-down white tenant on my place. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z You're a low-down, dirty cur of a thief, not half as good as the man who steals money. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z You lie," the mother screeched, "you low-down thing. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z "That's why I have to watch the news tonight to get the low-down, because I have no idea whether, or how, it will affect me, as an independent contractor," she said. US health reform leaves Americans split, confused 2010-03-22T18:40:00Z "Women were never meant for that low-down sort of game," said Pip, getting to the heart of his subject. "Pip" A Romance of Youth It would have—been the—only—low-down thing—I—ever did.” The Valiants of Virginia Daylight brought rain—still, soft, gray rain; the next morning showed the same, and the third likewise, the nights keeping up their part with low-down clouds and steady pattering on the roof. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Now I'm free to say that for a low-down skunk this here Blake French is some pumpkins. The Land of Strong Men I don't think Fate would play us a low-down trick. Hard Pressed It was a low-down trick, though I thought it a fair enough offer at the time. "Pip" A Romance of Youth It was a low-down thing to do and I was sorry right away. The Crimson Sweater Nashville is the same as ever, a low-down, demoralized hole. An Artilleryman's Diary I think, as you passed, you would have looked twice at that small boy on the bridge, whether you were low-down tinker or high-born knight. Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 I like him, and I never supposed before he'd do a low-down thing like this. Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 "I hope you don't think I'm playing a low-down game," interrupted Anstey. Years of Plenty No one but a low-down man will run for Congress and the Senate—the Senate of the freest people on earth are bound slaves to some blessed monopoly. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They knew perfectly well that you’d never be a party to such a low-down scheme as they had in view.” Jacob's Ladder It was "baker's bread"—what the quality eat; none of your low-down corn-pone. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Then a low-down, dirty, ornery coyote of a man, Henry Comstock by name, come amblin' along. The Boy With the U.S. Miners "Chahda was just going to give us the low-down," Rick said. The Golden Skull Couldn't you find somebody on your own level to fight, without startin' a fuss with a passel o' low-down, rust-eaten roustabouts? Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign The sooner the news is carried through Chester the better chance that nothing so low-down will be attempted; and no matter how the game turns out, it will be clean. Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum—but that don't make no difference. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Wouldn’t I just like to give it to that low-down liar of a Si Kedge, though, for saying that was his bullet, when anybody could see that it came from my rifle? The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol They tell me that about forty years ago he'd landed in that place, a Russian Pole, ignorant of the language, without any money or friends, a low-down beach-comber. Aliens They couldn’t get away with their low-down trick. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out In a way, sir, that would have brought a blush to the cheek of a low-down attorney’s clerk. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) You'll say it's dirty, low-down business; but what if it is? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade It was that low-down missionary of a Means who was working in a mission down on the East Side after coming back who put him in with that janitor woman. Captain Pott's Minister He’s nothing but a low-down, murdering assassin that old Eells or somebody has hired─” “Oh, please!” she protested and his eyes opened big before they closed down in a sudden scowl. Wunpost “It’s a low-down way for a man to treat a woman, especially his wife,” said Joe, his indignation mounting at sight of her tears. The Bondboy “Oh, you don’t know ’em like we do, honey, the low-down thieves! The Rustler of Wind River That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade When I finish you’ll see that it’s best for him to stay right here in this church, if he wants to, after all the mean low-down tricks you’ve served him.” Captain Pott's Minister Don’t you go sticking up for that low-down loon. Outside Inn It was partly over this that I quarrelled with my people––they said it was low-down to make face cream and sell it––they’re awful snobs! The Phantom Lover Oh, you can’t understand what a low-down bunch of scrubs those rustlers are!” The Rustler of Wind River The more I studied about this the more my conscience went to grinding me, and the more wicked and low-down and ornery I got to feeling. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade I only know that the city is full of low-down people when so many murders are committed and no one tries to catch the murderers. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland You’re just a plain low-down yellow cur that any likely man I know would come down here and lick the lights out of.” Outside Inn “I sure don’t guess a low-down skunk of a murderer’ll–––” But the man never finished his sentence. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country “You need both of your hands to hold your stilts, mom; you ain’t got even a finger to spare for a low-down feller like me.” The Rustler of Wind River This was handed to him, and he held it on high, so that the low-down sun shone into it, and a reflection was cast from it back upon the wall just above the window. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam I tell you that such a low-down rascal, who commits a murder and steals lots of money, cannot hide his bloody clothes; nor the money, either. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland If he had been it would have been a low-down trick. The Law-Breakers I don't think a bit less highly of her, but you've made me feel such a low-down brute, I can't bear it. Jan and Her Job We don’t play low-down tricks on ’em an’ clean out a whole family, but jest take so many out of each beaver house, an’ then leave ’em alone two er three years to kinder recooperate!” The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories “That’s Jupiter too,” said Tom to himself; and as his eyes swept on, he could see Venus low-down in the south-west, just passing out of sight. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam "Riding fence for a woman boss is a low-down job." The Duke Of Chimney Butte He’s a low-down skunk, he’s a pestilence, he’s a murderer. The Twins of Suffering Creek “Him, that low-down scallawag that carried you in his arms an’ walked right into this yere bedroom an’ laid you on your own virgin bed without no by your leave nor nuthin’. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills And his brother she would bring in too, in that low-down spiteful jealousy of hers! Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore “Yes; I was going to say, it’s like it is sometimes when the moon is low-down; the air seems to be all in a quiver.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam He was a low-down blackguard, although he was dressed as a gentleman and cultivated an air of refinement. The White Lie “Gee, he’s a low-down skunk,” declared the other, with a curse. The Twins of Suffering Creek Can I stand around an’ see you passed over to a low-down sort o’ law that condemns innocent folks? The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills I don’t want any thanks; I don’t mind telling you that I’d give a lot more to see those low-down skunks get the whipping they deserve.” The Traitors "I suppose I am, as you say, nothing but a low-down cur." A Bride of the Plains And it wasn’t a man’s prison either, but a mangy, low-down, dog kennel. The Web of the Golden Spider Gee! things is gittin’ pretty low-down when it comes to that.” The Twins of Suffering Creek Yes, he’s comin’ for the Padre on a charge of murder, a low-down charge of murder that he never committed. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Now, nearly every one knows that the simon-pure feed-box information, the low-down and the dead-level tip, may be picked up behind any barn where hostlers, exercise boys, and apprentice jockeys congregate. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories A bridegroom surly, discontented, and paying marked attentions to the low-down Jewess over at the inn under his future wife's very nose! A Bride of the Plains Now he’d have the pleasure of seeing Joan again, and at the same time get the low-down from her father on those confounded seeds—or eggs, rather. Spawn of the Comet "Got the low-down," he had written on the back of his card, "on the mystery airship." Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 I shan't have anything to do with this rag; it seems to be playing a pretty low-down game on a fresher, and if I can stop it I shall. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate "In manipulating her disadvantage to serve your own interests," says Saxham's terrible voice, "you would undoubtedly be playing a very low-down game." The Dop Doctor “Well, I call that low-down mean,” he said, stabbing another sausage, “and you gettin’ all the fruit and flowers from Mr. French’s place sent to you every day. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 If I could only burn up the recollection that I was ever low-down an’ money-grubbin’ enough to collute with such as him for business. Winning the Wilderness Ten to one they’re framing up some low-down game to play on us whenever they find an opening. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room "He's a low-down hound," I asserted, and after promising to be in at nine o'clock I seized my gown and went away. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Our 68 merchants are clearing thirty thousand dollars a month, and the professional gentleman who tries to limit his game is considered a low-down tin-horn. Desert Dust He’s a low-down, shifty cuss, who won’t pay his road-tax, an’ I say it if he is my cousin, an’ no shame to me, neither.” A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories “The low-down, ornery liar!” sputtered Bud Jessup, face flushed and eyes snapping. Shoe-Bar Stratton Every one knocks instead of boosts, and tells us how low-down we are. Penny of Top Hill Trail Every low-down onery sheep man for a hundred miles around has had his eyes on these lands for the last five years, waiting for Uncle Sam to put 'em in the open market. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Come, Jim, let’s cut off before they see us with this low-down chump.” Killykinick “Pretty low-down trick, wasn’t it, to play on an innocent man?” Crooked Trails and Straight "You low-down skunk, what have you been saying about me to the governor?" The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands That may seem rather a low-down motive, seeing that Holiness, which is perfect love, is the extreme opposite of that selfishness which is the essence or root of all sin. Standards of Life and Service If you are not a mean cuss, if you are not an ordinary low-down imitation of a man, you’ll meet me up there inside of five minutes. The Place of Honeymoons And Dan laughed and forgot he was a “low-down chump” as he agreed they would catch dinners whenever possible. Killykinick It’s a low-down trick the governor played to put me in this helplessly belittled position with you.” The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man The low-down treachery and double-dealing characterizing this transaction, the utter callousness to sacred obligations it exhibits in men of presumed high standing and personal honor, may surprise my readers. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated She was, I have already told you, a low-down tramp steamer, evidently picking up a precarious living between one far Eastern port and another—a small vessel. Ravensdene Court They know you was set upon in that low-down place. Frank of Freedom Hill And that’s what I think of any man who would permit a low-down tramp to go through his pockets.” The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity "I know how to handle that low-down trash," he whispered, tragically. Isle o' Dreams I frankly stated that I considered bribing a legislator as a low-down crime and that I did not believe it was done in our strait-laced old Commonwealth as freely as they all seemed to imagine. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated How dare you think me capable of such a low-down, mucker trick?” A Dixie School Girl And for her he ran away to the comedians, for her he squandered so much money, for such a low-down thing as she, he beat his mother! The Comedienne "It's a low-down, cultus trick, if you ask me!" Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The school-'ouse has a low-down roof and a big chimney. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk I have never heard of her doing anything underhand or what we might call low-down or ill-bred. Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School It's a mean, low-down, dirty, nasty trick, and no gentleman wouldn't a-done it. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune Whizz—thud, another arrow was loosed off from the string, striking the pony low-down in the chest. The Peril Finders "You're a muff, a low-down muff, in every sense of the word!" The Varmint I'm jolly glad I wasn't there; it would have made me feel a low-down black-fellow if Herbert had apologized to me. Queensland Cousins To Alice he said, "I'm sorry I had to slap your burnt fingers, sister, but you can't say I didn't warn you about my low-down tactics." The Night of the Long Knives It's a kind of low-down thing to do, though there's been a terrible lot of romantic nonsense talked and writ about eloping. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Now, Abe never had amounted to much when I knew him; he was just a low-down, ornery cuss every way that you looked at him. Turned Adrift They think you have come because you wanted to straighten out a low-down trick worked by an understrapper. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The real danger is that he may not actually tramp or assume the guise of the real low-down loafer. Jack O' Judgment "Oh, the way you acted, the way you talked, and your low-down character, gen'rally." Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California "The skunk!" muttered Nick; "the greasy, low-down skunk?" Kiddie the Scout "I don't blame you one little bit for feeling sore at me, if you think I had any hand in such a low-down business," he said, earnestly. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School But here's a low-down sneak that's come in at our back door and run away with my girl for her money! The Man Next Door He hadn't a notion people would be so low-down as to snitch his idea and go to making cotton gins of their own. Carl and the Cotton Gin That would be too low-down a deed for me, bad as I am. Ted and the Telephone You trusted me—you trusted the lot of us—knowin' we was low-down roosters that wouldn't think twice of killin' a man for the sake of his goods? Kiddie the Scout Some, unfortunately, are in quite as assiduous training by the unscrupulous Indian trader and his coterie of low-down whites. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Of all the low-down things any man ever done in all his life, that's what you done now. The Man Next Door It was a low-down trick and he said so himself. Carl and the Cotton Gin He gave us the low-down on that during class last week. The Best Made Plans The horse's furnishings told him that the stranger was not a low-down prairie loafer. Kiddie the Scout I plumb had to play this low-down trick on you. Oh, You Tex! It's a fine trade you're trying to make; to trade us for a low-down coward like this. The Man Next Door "Yes, but would that have consoled you for finding that people were so low-down?" answered Carl with scorn. Carl and the Cotton Gin He is a common low-down person, and he isn't fit to speake to you, and I hope you wont speake to him. The Coast of Bohemia I ain't the low-down cur as you takes me for—not by a long chalk. Kiddie the Scout Perhaps that was a low-down thing to say, but I couldn't help lettin' it come. Shorty McCabe The low-down thing I did was to take that string of diamonds away from Barney. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! I told him Corcoran was a low-down skunk, I know that. Carl and the Cotton Gin Did he tell you how he got hold of it?—how he double-crossed Rives by low-down trickery? Every Man for Himself "I want to catch and punish the low-down skunk who murdered my deerhound," declared Kiddie, his eyes flashing in the vehemence of his anger. Kiddie the Scout There is a mood in which a deprivation of high comedy may drive one to low-down farce. On the Stairs The mouth of the Mersey is not attractive on a misty day, and the nearest land aft showed like a low-down dirty cloud. Fitz the Filibuster As we mounted, it was to see the horses led in, with the guard behind them; the lines of the enemy being descried very distinctly in the horizontal rays of the low-down sun. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer It's low-down business for you to shoot my men who are working for me at fifteen dollars a month. The Eagle's Heart "If I broke my word with you," said Roscoe soberly, "I'd be a low-down——" "You only got about an hour and a half to catch the train," said Tom. Tom Slade with the Colors The boys had taken the lead, and they were having their own trouble trying to convince Walter that Miss Robbins had "dumped" the girls, and that it was a "low-down trick." The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies It isn't as if they were low-down people. A Little Girl in Old Salem They were Bavarians alternating with Marines, and we soon learned that for genuine low-down cussedness the Marine had them all beaten, although the Bavarians and Prussians were pretty bad. The Emma Gees For nearly a week Jack Welles had been storming, to any one who would listen to him, about the "low-down" thief who nightly took his can of fishing worms. Rosemary No wonder she thought I was a low-down dog—to buy sech a thing an' mark it in my own name—no wonder—here on Christmus, too. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches "If there's one low-down jack within fifty mile of us on high ground, he'll have us spotted for certain," she rebuked. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods I guess that was a low-down mean thing to say. Riders of the Silences Rufus was sinfully Rich, but nevertheless Detestable, because his Family had drilled into him the low-down Habit of getting the Jump on the Other Fellow. Knocking the Neighbors It was a low-down performance, and unworthy of a gentleman. The Colonel's Dream I get boiling mad when I think of these low-down, worthless rascals who don't stop at any meanness, ready to commit murder for fifteen cents. Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California Well, boy, now that I've talked myself past the worst shock, suppose you give me the low-down. Murder at Bridge You didn't think I was so low-down I couldn't understand a thing like that, did you? The Sagebrusher A Story of the West "It was a dirty, mean, low-down trick!" cried Cabot. Under the Great Bear Of course, as you know, I'm just a common, low-down materialist who can't rise to the poetry of things as you can with this gorgeous theory of re-incarnation of yours. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension Raemaekers brings the fact home to us in this cartoon, not the fact of the English nurses' heroism, which goes without saying, but of German low-down common infamy. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers I figger we've lit right on top of a big secret here, and—well, I don't fancy being bluffed out of it by any low-down bum of a half-breed. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon That ornery low-down pup that come and stole my dish pan must of took all my sheets too! The Sagebrusher A Story of the West She knew Dale had not done the "low-down trick." Red-Robin Now a man with his judgment wouldn't suspect for one living second that he could play it low-down on you with me roosting close at hand. The Settling of the Sage I can't remember ever seeing a minister mixing so carelessly with us low-down sinners or standing around in public with his sleeves rolled up and his frock coat off. Green Valley "I just rejected a real low-down space crawler—a guy named Tad Winters." The Space Pioneers Fact is, some one has been in this place since I been away, and they stole my dish pan, the low-down pups. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West And I'd rather like to shake hands with the man who set it on fire, though it was sort of a low-down trick. Red-Robin You are a low-down cowardly cur, making war on women and children, sneaking around in the paths of armies, plundering and looting the helpless. My Lady of Doubt But he was vexed with her for having given herself to a low-down actor. A Mummer's Tale He tried to play some low-down game on 'em at poker, and they just strung him up and rode off. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories She was respected, feared, and secretly believed to be "low-down mean," but calmly she went her way. The Shield of Silence I told her we thought it was low-down to tell stories. Honey-Sweet "You thief!" he roared, "You dirty, low-down thief; I held four aces—where did you get the fifth one?" The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War "What kind of a low-down trick is this, Brennan?" he snapped, glaring through the darkness at the face of his captor. The Strange Case of Cavendish Why, I wouldn't give a snap of my fingers fer the whole kit and caboodle of ye, you low-down, sneakin' parcel o' thieves. Bob Hampton of Placer "What do yuh think them low-down Piutes that calls themselves citizens of Helena has been an' done now?" Bert Wilson in the Rockies Look here," said the boy, looking up at her from beneath, "I call that a low-down, mean sort of thing to do. The Mormon Prophet At first it makes you feel all low-down like, and miserable, and you don't care. The Soldier of the Valley No, my dear Sir Leslie, don't stoop to such low-down means. A Lost Leader Honest men get mixed up in such affairs, but they are invariably inflamed by some low-down sneak with an axe to grind. Bob Hampton of Placer I have put it away for low-down days. Kitty Canary Margery was put to bed and Kent and Lydia were mentioned as murderers, low-down brats and coarse little brutes by Mrs. Marshall, who ended by threatening them with the police. Lydia of the Pines "I'll be shot for disobedience of orders before I ever again undertake to act the low-down part of a spy," he reflected, bitterly. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War One evening a low-down terra-cotta-colored Piute swiped two of Mr. Watkins' paint ponies and by stealth, under cover of the cloaking twilight, went away with them into the far mysterious spaces of the purpling sage. One Third Off Pirating with a lot of low-down ruffians like you gentlemen is bad enough, but on a craft loaded to the water’s edge with advanced women—I’ve half a mind to turn back.” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Taylor wrote her a very nice letter, asking her permission to marry her granddaughter and take her to South America, and her answer was low-down. Kitty Canary That's because you think a heap too much about a low-down rotten guy called Spike. The Definite Object A Romance of New York The best-behaved people are the low-down beggars, who are most decoratively devotional. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters I said that vengeance was a low-down, mean, spiteful attempt to pay back. Winning His "W" A Story of Freshman Year at College If he's alive, then that makes him a low-down villain, and you ought never to think of the creature again. The Torch and Other Tales The seizure of the Danish fleet was a low-down act, for which those who were responsible should have been pilloried. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon I guess you think I'm a mean, low-down sort o' guy, an' you're right, only I—I feel worse 'n you think. The Definite Object A Romance of New York "Do you take this for a low-down placer camp?" asked Billy Hudgens, with a dull show of pride, when McGinnis demanded the gold scales. Heart's Desire Everybody knew him, and everybody despised him for a low-down, thieving, lazy cur,—everybody except Jonathan. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others They were trying to make her believe that Neale had been back of Lowder in the low-down swindle that had been practised on the Powers. The Brimming Cup Of all the low-down, d——n cowards that ever was borned I sure am the worst! The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains "She's offended with me because I warned her off that low-down bounder." Jaffery If I marry Olivia I let myself in for connection with a low-down scandal; if I don't, then they'll say I left her in the lurch. The Street Called Straight He's seen the procession from across the street and fears some low-down trick is being played on his defenseless client. Somewhere in Red Gap So Jim is going to sell out, and move away somewhere, where Kitty can have her career, and the boys can grow up to be something better than low-down cow-punchers like you and me. When A Man's A Man "Thar, now, look what ye did, ye low-down coward," she said. The Way of a Man It seemed a low-down way to leave a man, and now he knew I wasn't fishing for help, I didn't mind speaking to the old reprobate. The Range Dwellers It's a thing I don't like to talk of, Charley, and just now I'm a low-down packer hauling in a pile of truck I'll never get paid for. Alton of Somasco But as man to man I tell you--I never did a low-down trick in my life.... The Mysterious Rider When Medea gave Glauce her beautiful dress, In which garlic was scattered about, It was cruel and rather low-down, I confess, But it settled the point beyond doubt. Echoes from the Sabine Farm "Pull your gun, you low-down coward," she commanded, in tones that might have been heard half the length of the boat. The Way of a Man If they squatted in a low-down Neighborhood, Mrs. Jump was ashamed to give her Address to Friends in the Congregation. People You Know "Which one played that low-down trick on us?" demanded Pete Quash angrily. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits I hate to see any boy with that low-down habit, and I'm glad that I'm not in position to be able to encourage you in it. The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick "But now that your things are gone as well, it's a mean, low-down bit of business." The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics "Well, if that isn't a low-down way to dig out of me what is purely my own business!" exclaimed Tom Reade, with a scowl. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip "Of course it's necessary sometimes, but I can never quite help feeling that, at best, it's low-down business." The High School Freshmen Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports "Yuh low-down skunk!" he cried, and struck him full upon the insulting, smiling mouth. The Long Shadow After one or two Selections, they felt sufficiently Keyed to begin to hit up those low-down Songs about Baby and Chickens and Razors. More Fables There was a time when a low-down person, colored or white, couldn't stay in the community. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 But if I join your Church and don't do that, I might as well be one of those low-down Freewill Baptists or Episcopals. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Seemed like a low-down trick to play on an injunoo like her, and the more I studied it the warmer I got. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories "You're the meanest low-down things I ever heard of!" she told the astonished older girls, fairly spitting at them in her fury. The Bent Twig On the way home from that talk Watts had branded the man who mended the boats as one of them low-down anarchists that ought to be shot at sunrise. The Visioning It was a low-down trick to play on you when you had been so white about the car and everything. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth "Have you any idea who would do such a low-down thing?" asked Harry. Frank Merriwell at Yale Oily Dave contrived to throw a withering emphasis on the latter adjective, and roiled up his eyes in a manner meant to imply injured innocence, which, however, only expressed low-down meanness and cunning. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods The plain truth, and it's not so low-down as it seems, is that a big fat check-book is admission to the grandstand with Felix. The Bent Twig It ain't the price of what they steal; it's the low-down soul of the dog that would steal it. Trailin'! He 's a good enough boy, but too smart to trust among those low-down abolitionists. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays "I shouldn't think of doing such a low-down thing," protested the forest creature. The Port of Adventure "Look here! don't you think it is a pretty low-down thing to be taking a man's character away, directly there's a rumour going round that he is dead?" asked Miles stormily. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods No, sir, you can talk as much as you please, but the killer is a low-down ornery scub, and he don't hesitate at no treachery or ingratitude to keep his carcass safe. Arizona Nights Did I tell you I was a low-down stage Yankee at Kellner's? Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman Then," says Hank, "you done a low-down trick on me. Danny's Own Story First, some nice white people"—Joe smiled his distorted smile—"and then a low-down black man helped me to get away as soon as he saw who it was. The Conquest of Canaan And let me tell you, T. A.: If he dodged when he saw you it wasn't because he was ashamed of having played us low-down. Emma McChesney and Co. "What a low-down thing you are!" she cried. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise I shouldn't be surprised if he had every low-down Neapolitan ice-creamer in the town upon my tracks! Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman It seems this here tobaccer trust is jest as mean and low-down and unprincipled as all the rest of them trusts. Danny's Own Story "It sounds a pretty low-down thing to do." Of Human Bondage He was plumbful of good cheer Till he struck that low-down year; Got so thin, so little to him, You could most see day-light through him. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone I take an interest in your daughter, d'ye see? and it seems a low-down sort of thing to me that she should be so poor. The Market-Place Dear Gordon: That was an obnoxious, beastly, low-down trick not to send me a cheering line for four weeks just because, in a period of abnormal stress I once let you go for three. Dear Enemy The low-down sneaks—I always knew they'd try to have me out! Summer "I wouldn't have complained at anything he'd asked me to do, but it was a low-down trick to get Katharine into this trouble." The Box with Broken Seals As a low-down German burglar would be sure to do! Mr. Justice Raffles It was a low-down trick and I'm ashamed of myself for proposing it. The Fortune Hunter All the low-down, little viper world was crawling about under my flowers and my laurels. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Do you know," he remarked to Jim, "I never thought of it before, but I've been playing a low-down trick on that poor girl. Lonesome Land Mr. Warner's low-down suspicion was laid in the cold, cold grave, where it apparently belonged. Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. It struck me that it was playing it a bit low-down on the poor chap, avoiding him like this just when he probably wanted his pals to surge round him most. My Man Jeeves "Well, as a matter of fact," said the young man, "I've always rather hushed up my first name, because when I was christened they worked a low-down trick on me!" The Adventures of Sally Luckily the low-down moon was on the far side of the house, and we could run softly up in the pitch dark. The Yeoman Adventurer It was a low-down trick to play on you, and that's a fact. Lonesome Land "You miserable wretch! you low-down drunken sot! what do you mean by coming home and insulting your wife?" The Best American Humorous Short Stories But as long as I stay here I'm going to stop this talk about trickery and low-down dodges. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics Why, you low-down, monkey-faced excuse for a sparrow cop, would you have the crust to stand up in front of a judge and tell him that we were going faster than ten miles an hour? The Sorrows of a Show Girl If your compatriots don't want to patronise my house, they can go to that low-down lunatic asylum across the street. Affairs of State I'm glad the low-down cuss is dead, but the bullet that stopped his crawlin' to my gal never come outer my rifle. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch When they had ridden a long time, and were on the road darkened by hedges of Cherokee rose, the Colonel called behind him to the "low-down" scion: "Keep the road, old man." Old Creole Days "The captain, who gave his name to you as Mackintosh, is an undersized American of a rather low-down type?" The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love That's a low-down trick of mine, boys, and this time it came mighty near blocking all our fine plans by losing the pearls that are going to get us the money we need. In Camp on the Big Sunflower You're the only real white man that's ever happened to me, and I guess I'm not going to play you a low-down trick like spoiling your life. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories Just bouncin' a low-down var mint ain't offense enough to be throwed out about, when you pay your bills—" "You quite misapprehend—" "Fired, eh? Flowing Gold The low-down relative drew the worsted off his ears. Old Creole Days She disgraced the family you know; ran away with that low-down printer. That Printer of Udell's You are a couple of low-down sneak thieves, both of you. The Rose in the Ring Can't a low-down, no-account man like me even laugh where there's happiness? The Long Chance "I do hope," she said, smiling, "that you have not made us out cousins of any low-down family." Bricks Without Straw One was low-down Choctaw, one was high up noblesse. Old Creole Days If you have hidden her anywhere I'll have your life; you miserable, low-down vagabond. That Printer of Udell's So he said he'd disown 'er if she even thought of marrying a low-down circus rider. The Rose in the Ring Ladies and gents, that infernal, low-down villain over there has come between me and—But nobody shall say that Charles Darwin Webster is a poor loser! Quill's Window But they seem to think that if a man living at the South advocates those rights, or says a word in our favor, he is a low-down, mean man. Bricks Without Straw It was so much better than he could have expected from his "low-down" relative, and not unlike his own whim withal—the proposition which went with it was forgiven. Old Creole Days Of course she's played me a couple of low-down deals and I promised to get back at her, but that's business. Roast Beef, Medium These low-down rich don't know the meaning of frugality. West Wind Drift "She would not lend herself to a low-down trick like that." Viola Gwyn This is what comes of your silly idea about doing justice to some low-down Yankee. Bricks Without Straw And he was a low-down rotten drunken lying hound that would go further to hurt a woman any day than to help her. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet You and I may have had a word, now and then, and I will say that you dealt me a couple of low-down tricks on the road, but that's all in the game. Roast Beef, Medium "And it means too much expense, besides being a horrid, low-down—" "There, there, Tiger," and Sanford shook his head at her. Raspberry Jam Let us pass those three low-down, unjustifiable, fascinating volumes, and on to nobler topics beyond! Through the Magic Door I was addressing myself, 'A first chop specimen of a low-down idiot,—to connive at the escape of the robber who's been robbing Paul. The Beetle And it wasn't Scoville or any one of his low-down stamp either. Dark Hollow "I would hate to think anything low-down of a man you'd call your friend." The Unspeakable Perk That ain't the point, which is that a girl did all that for a man she thought might be an enemy and a low-down spy. A Texas Ranger "Wouldn't it be horrible," I said, "if I found out I wasn't a ffrench at all—but had really sprung from a low-down, capital F family in the next county or somewhere!" Love, the Fiddler He's gone, an' he's took our broncs with him, the measly, low-down dog! Bar-20 Days I don't forget a man who shoots off low-down sneers at me. The Landloper "And you did have to tie up with a fool and a low-down fellow like that." Yama: the pit I can see them all anticipating victory, in their low-down fashion wanting to crow their low-down crowings. Touch and Go You want me to become an accomplice in this beastly, low-down deception? The Intrusion of Jimmy The cats were poison and Quast was a low-down foreigner, and it would cost him a year's rent to put the place in order again. Simon the Jester When I can sell out the business and live where I want; give you the friends you ought to have instead of low-down gamblers and whisky-tanks. The Girl from Keller's Then you knew, you low-down thing, what she was preparing to do? Yama: the pit Now an' then I caught somethin' like low-down an' sneak an' four-flush an' long-haired skunk, but for the most part they was just the cussedest kind of names. The Man of the Forest The dining-room, full of shining light, and treated from the low-down grate, was a pleasant place. April Hopes The low-down ruddy light spread over the dark floor like the setting sun over a moor, fluttering on the grotesque countenances of the bright andirons, and touching all the furniture on the underside. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day It would be altogether too low-down to throw suspicion upon a man without the slightest ground. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail But you will allow me to suggest that no crime is low-down which makes imperative demand upon the intellect and intuitive sense of its investigator. The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange In my day I've shore stacked up against a lot of outlaws, thieves, rustlers, an' sich like, but fer an out an' out dirty low-down skunk, you shore take the dough!... The Man of the Forest "See here," he remarked, "if the lady wasn't present, I'd show you that I take no orders from any yellow—that is, from any low-down Don." The Green Mummy It made a sort o' coolness betwixt the families, and hez given some comfort to them low-down Harrisons; but even the law, I reckon, recognizes a father's rights. Cressy It was beastly low-down to round on a chap like that. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail The sixth is a tough from the East who dresses up like a bad man and plays some low-down trick that gives the boys a bad name. Sixes and Sevens She had arrived at figuring out the sort of low-down Bowery tough that that fellow was. The Good Soldier I guess the law can't worry me about that after thirty years, and in a low-down country like Peru. The Green Mummy Through its half-closed door the figure of little Ann could be seen, with her legs rather wide apart, and her hands clasped on her low-down belt, pointing up at William her sudden little nose. The Patrician Passing through a low-down street on his way up-town he's held up by a bunch of toughs. Psmith, Journalist I seem like a low-down intruder to you. T. Tembarom I know it's a low-down trick to take things from these people. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Hasn't it ever occurred to you at all," Miss Brown continued, rising to her feet, "that this Maud, or whatever you want to call her, may be playing a low-down game of her husband's? Peter Ruff and the Double Four And I must differ with you about its being low-down. The Call of the Canyon What a low-down thing I have begun to make of life! A Millionaire of Yesterday So help me Josephine, if I was as low-down ornery as some I could name I'd tie myself to a mule's tail and let him kick me to death! The Flying U's Last Stand His con-nection with England's proudest and fairest does not seemingly prevent a taste for the society of the real low-down. Manalive I'm a low-down wolf, and the devil may have sent me on this trail instead of God, but I'll travel it to the end. Roads of Destiny "Such a low-down sort of work, you know." The Call of the Canyon His experience and conception of the Yankees had been an impression of tyrants—"low-down, common trash"—in blue, laying waste with fire and sword. Options It comes pretty tough, when a low-down skunk like that just banks on your doing the square thing. The Flying U Ranch Howled at a brother for his low-down ways, His prowling, guzzling, sneak-thief days. The Congo and Other Poems |
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