Baulked
[bɔːk]
Examples
- Rather baulked, Mr Riderhood evasively remarked, with an innocent air, that he believed the T'other Governor had asked him summa't. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now, at this eleventh hour, she was not to be baulked. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I'll not be baulked of saying her good-bye by any relations whatsomdever. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The amiable occupation has been the solace of my life, since I was baulked in the manner unnecessary to recall. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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