Dan
[dæn]
Definition
(n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.
(n.) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Typist: Remington
Definition
n. (prov.) a box for carrying coal: a tub.
n. a title of honour equivalent to Master or Sir.
Editor: Segre
Examples
- Standing right before a young lady, I said: Dan, just look at this girl, how beautiful she is! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan said, Confound the idiot! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan was the northern and Beersheba the southern limit of Palestine--hence the expression from Dan to Beersheba. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It had better be done by somebody else, Dan'l,' said Mrs. Gummidge. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Dan-gerous man! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I landed at precisely the same spot where St. Paul landed, and so did Dan and the others. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan--Bashan--Lake Huleh --the Sources of Jordan--the Sea of Galilee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Let me tell you, Dan has done without 'em! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Call him Ferguson, said Dan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An if I disturb you with my clicketten,' she meant her chattering, 'tell me so, Dan'l, and I won't. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We had to stop playing finally because Dan got to sleeping fifteen minutes between the counts and paying no attention to his marking. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan'l, I'd better go into the house, and die and be a riddance! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I wouldn't touch the 'lowance, not if I was dying of want, Dan'l Peggotty; but I'll go with you and Em'ly, if you'll on'y let me, to the world's end! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- One day Dan happened to mention that he thought of buying three or four silk dress patterns for presents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I will stay right here and risk money on you as long as Dan has got a cent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No more nigger dan you be, Miss Rosa, said Dinah, who felt this last remark a reflection on herself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dan, if you would let us talk for you, you would never expose your ignorant vulgarity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Where do you think of going, Dan? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Dan resumed: Soap, you know--soap. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan and Jack selected from this lot because they brought back Italian reminiscences of the old masters. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- About an hour's ride over a rough, rocky road, half flooded with water, and through a forest of oaks of Bashan, brought us to Dan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Doen't ye think of leaving me behind, Dan'l! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I said to Dan, Lend me a dollar--I can beat this game, yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan said: All he wants now is a Plymouth Collection. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sit ye down, and give me your forgiveness for having ever been a worrit to you, Dan'l--what have my contraries ever been to this! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Dan said the other day to the guide, Enough, enough, enough! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan said that, and went away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Finally Dan said musingly: Some gentlemen don't know how to put on kid gloves at all, but some do. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It almost warrants the enthusiasm of the spies of that rabble of adventurers who captured Dan. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dan'l, deary Dan'l, let me go 'long with you! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Segre