Footmen
['formən]
Definition
(pl. ) of Footman
Typist: Pierce
Examples
- Birkin decided that he detested toasts, and footmen, and assemblies, and mankind altogether, in most of its aspects. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I was instantly aroused, and, with the two footmen, started off at once in search of the missing girl. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Altogether there are eight maids, the cook, the butler, two footmen, and a boy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He bites footmen's calves. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The dessert was not carried out till after nine and at ten footmen were still running to and fro with trays and coffee- cups. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There would have been scant mercy for these draymen and footmen who had ridden down the King's gentlemen if the King came back. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She took the law of every one of her tradesmen; and turned away forty-eight footmen in four year. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The chance to hush it is to let in these people now in a wrangle with your footmen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The footman was to the Grosvenor Square footmen, what the house was to the Grosvenor Square houses. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Everything on the table was in silver too, and two footmen, with red hair and canary-coloured liveries, stood on either side of the sideboard. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Shall I continue to suffer thus for what his footmen, tradesmen and valet, enjoy freely every day? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Pulverous particles got into the dishes, and Society's meats had a seasoning of first-rate footmen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I often see his footmen lounging at the back gate, and the Duke of Wellington's house is not far off. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Hitherto most of the main battle fighting in the world had been done by footmen in formation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Pierce