Addresses
[ə'dresiz]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Courtship, suit.
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Examples
- In the hand addressograph, which sells for as low as $27, he has worked out three practical models having an average speed of from 750 to 1,500 names and addresses an hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first addressographs were intended for printing names and addresses consecutively on envelopes and post cards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The clepsydra became in Greece a useful instrument to enforce the law in restricting loquacious orators and lawyers to reasonable limits in their addresses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He addresses this to the astounded Tony, who admits the soft impeachment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He addresses the assembled company in the following terms. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As they turn towards the hall-door, Lady Dedlock addresses Mr. Tulkinghorn for the first time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation methods and addresses. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The moment he addresses himself to the Government, he becomes a public offender! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This is saying very plainly'Pray, Miss Smith, give me leave to pay my addresses to you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- So, no matter how many names and addresses are written--fifty or a million--the addressograph, like the telephone or typewriter, has come to be recognized as a modern business necessity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Snagsby addresses an explanatory cough to Mrs. Snagsby, as who should say, My dear, a customer! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A Card Index that Addresses Itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I believed you to be wishing, expecting my addresses. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You observe he never risks saying Roylands, but always addresses you as Mr Maurice—Maurice is of course a Greek name. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I will give you the addresses of places in Naples. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He called it the Addressograph--a coined word meaning to write addresses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- What would be the triumph of Mr. Sidney Porkenham when he found that his addresses had been slighted for such a rival! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You must give me leave to flatter myself, my dear cousin, that your refusal of my addresses is merely words of course. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I said he could pay his addresses to Helena, but the question of marriage I left entirely in her own hands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Well, Mr Clennam, he addresses himself to the Government. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What else could you have made this young lady out to be, if she had listened to such addresses as yours? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- SPEED, 1,000 TO 1,500 TYPEWRITTEN ADDRESSES AN HOUR] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Asks to pay his addresses to me? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I want you to take it home with you, and to mark off all the hardware sellers, with their addresses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is not alone; her escort consists of three persons--two being elderly; these she addresses as Mon Oncle and Ma Tante. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This machine automatically feeds and addresses public service bills, insurance premium notices and receipts, cards, envelopes, circulars, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Contrary to the usual course of things, Mr. Elton's wanting to pay his addresses to her had sunk him in her opinion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He has seen her lately, and has asked me for permission to pay his addresses to her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- These remarks he offers with his unvarying politeness and deference when he addresses himself to his wife. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- How dare you come out of your station, and your place in my house, to pester this young lady with your impudent addresses? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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