Caps

Examples

• He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The embodiment of such compounds in the little copper caps was made about 1818, and has been claimed by various parties. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If any thing could increase her delight, it was perceiving that the baby would soon have outgrown its first set of caps. Jane Austen. Emma.
• They fight with bows and arrows and a short spear: they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They put on their night-caps and pull down the blinds. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I've worked sometimes whole afternoons, trimming her caps, and getting her ready to go to a party. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I wonder if I shall ever be happy enough to have real lace on my clothes and bows on my caps? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The two stretcher-bearers stood beside the bed holding their caps. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• No, I wouldn't, for the smart caps won't match the plain gowns without any trimming on them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Few people can be found to-day who have not either filled teeth, bridge work, gold caps, or artificial sets of teeth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He is a superb little fellow, especially in his caps, and most especially in the one you sent him, you good, dainty-fingered, persevering little lady! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• They'll wear caps like my mother's--and shawls; very soft shawls. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Some of his clothes, papers, handkerchiefs, whips and caps, fishing-rods and sporting gear, were still there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Her baby had been born prematurely, and all the embroidered robes and caps had to be laid by in darkness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• So was the screw-top tin with the fuse and the caps. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Darnay complied, and was taken back to the guard-house, where other patriots in rough red caps were smoking, drinking, and sleeping, by a watch-fire. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A couple of candles were burning in the little front parlour, and a couple of caps were reflected on the window-blind. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The wind was still blowing outside up the lake and we could see the tops of the white-caps going away from us and up the lake. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Letty, I am ashamed of you, said her mother, wringing out the caps from the tub. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They wore great beards and ringletted long hair, tall caps and long robes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The cutting room is a light, airy room with a high ceiling, and everything in it seems a perfect example of cleanliness, and men all work with white aprons, jackets and caps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It had a quieter look than any other place of the same description they had passed, and, though red with patriotic caps, was not so red as the rest. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• In the process of putting up canned goods the products are filled into the cans, and the caps, or heads, are soldered on. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I exclaimed, using an expression of the district, that caps the globe, however! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Caps and Breech-Loaders. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Dixon will be flattered if we ask her to make some; and I will undertake to iron your caps, mamma. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• On the cheap grades there are no blind rails, the bolts being decorated with brass caps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The girls and men employed all wear clean white aprons, jackets and caps, and no effort is spared in keeping everything and everybody in the place in an ideal condition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Tell me, did Pablo not have caps and fuse? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• That clay and chalk mixture which I see upon your toe caps is quite distinctive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Editor: Roxanne