Lodgers

Examples

• Queer Street is full of lodgers just at present! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And the farmers take in lodgers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was in no uneasiness concerning his getting into the house again, for it was full of lodgers, and the door stood ajar all night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Her relation with her aunt was as superficial as that of chance lodgers who pass on the stairs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• At six o'clock every mornin' they let's go the ropes at one end, and down falls the lodgers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• BOOK THE THIRD -- A LONG LANE Chapter 1 LODGERS IN QUEER STREET It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It wasn't approved by the other lodgers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The only information to be obtained from the people of the house was derived from the servant who waited on the lodgers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They never would have such lodgers again, that was quite clear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There were no other lodgers in the house, and we had the means of going in and out without passing through the shop. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There were so many lodgers in this house that the doorpost seemed to be as full of bell-handles as a cathedral organ is of stops. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He expects to maintain his family by his trade, and not by his lodgers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• On a dirty table stand scores of corresponding brass candlesticks with tallow candles for the lodgers, whose keys hang up in rows over the candles. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Editor: Rochelle