Sidling
[saɪdlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sidle
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Examples
- Bar, who felt that he had got all the rest of the jury and must now lay hold of the Foreman, soon came sidling up, double eye-glass in hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Bishop then came undesignedly sidling in the direction of the sideboard. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You had better try the Secretarial Department,' he said at last, sidling to the bell and ringing it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He now had a little talk on the subject with Mrs Merdle herself; sidling up to that lady, of course, with his double eye-glass and his jury droop. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I saw him through the window, seizing his horse's mane, and mounting in his blundering brutal manner, and sidling and backing away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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