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单词 old-womanish
例句 old-womanish
It is worse than childish; it is old-womanish. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z
Whether her hair was abundant or not no one could tell, for an old-womanish cap with narrow ruffle so covered her head that only a faint blonde aureole could be seen beneath it. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z
Surely my old-womanish babbling has not upset you like this! By Birth a Lady
Their odd old-mannish or old-womanish appearance, due more to their grotesque rags than to anything in the children themselves, betrays their race even without their chatter. The Children of the Poor
Again, there is no priest who does not confess that he was distracted, or failed to read his Preparatoria, or other old-womanish trifles of the kind. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I)
You had on a brown cotton frock, made in an old-womanish grave fashion, and you were looking down at me. Vesty of the Basins
Poor little darling, the girls made fun of it because it was so ugly and old-womanish. Little Maid Marian
He makes no old-womanish outcry of alarm and expresses no exaggerated wrath.  Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle
I suppose you've come about the gas bill," she said at length, with an old-womanish air, "but it's no use. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
It was, of course, considered an old-womanish thing to do, but I finally came to the point when I asked the commissariat department to give me, as was the custom, tea, coffee, and sugar instead. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine
He was a successful collector of almost everything but money, and during a great part of his life he had been an invalid, and he had grown, as he laughingly confessed, very old-womanish. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches
Minima's fresh young fancies were too droll to resist, especially in combination with her shrewd, old-womanish knowledge of many things of which I was ignorant. The Doctor's Dilemma
And I sha'n't wear dowdy, old-womanish dresses to please her, along with other girls of my size that are dressed up in their best. Elsie at Nantucket
Each of the cardinals, as he entered the chapel, blew a sonorous nose; and was received standing by his brother prelates—a grotesque company of old-womanish old men in gaudy gowns. Italian Journeys
There were more councils of an old-womanish character, but finally Washington took the matter into his own hands, and ordered forth a strong detachment to attack the British rear-guard. George Washington, Volume I
"Eh! th' art a queer, old-womanish thing," she said. The Secret Garden
You ridiculous grannie," Elizabeth once said to her, for she and Cedric often called her grannie, probably from her careful, loving, old-womanish ways, "do you suppose such a rara avis exists in Earlsfield or Rotherwood? Herb of Grace
When I mention his weakness I have allusion to a bizarre old-womanish superstition which beset him. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3
He said he was surprised that a man who could be so sensible, occasionally, as myself, could have patience to even think of such old-womanish nonsense.  Diary of a Pilgrimage
The companionship of Dale's bright youth would keep her from getting old-womanish if anything could. The Bat
The warm reflection lit the grave old-womanish little face, that was so unusually thoughtful this evening. The Story of an African Farm, a novel
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