Porters
[pɔ:təz]
Examples
- There are no porters, and no one here seems to listen-- I know: our American stations must surprise you. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I was thinking of asking the Porters, as the Browns can't come. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You knew that without security you had a greater hold on the honor of the Porters than with it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At the station I had expected to see the porters from the hotels but there was no one. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The bar of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters was a bar to soften the human breast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I might as well have asked for porters and a handbarrow. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Will you also have guards and porters at those gates, as Chosroes had? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At mid-day following he reappeared at the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, in the character, not new to him, of a witness before a Coroner's Jury. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And I might as well have spoken to the iron funnel of the strongest sea-going steamer that passes the Fellowship Porters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She asked this question, rather of the fire than of the hostess of the Fellowship Porters, and looked round the little bar with troubled eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was brought by porters. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Show the Force the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, and the Force--to a constable--will show you a piece of perfection, Mr Kibble. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When they had plodded on for some time nigh the river, Riah asked the way to a certain tavern called the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This description applies to the river-frontage of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If I could choose, I should say a minute,' replied Eugene, 'for the Jolly Fellowship Porters are not the jolliest dogs I have known. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I wouldn't sell it for any money that could be told out, to a person that I couldn't depend upon to be a Law to the Porters, as I have been. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tom waited until the crowd had dispersed, and the bustle was over; and then referred to a posted list of trains, and took counsel with porters. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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