Cocked

Examples

• Mr. Bumble wiped from his forehead the perspiration which his walk had engendered, glanced complacently at the cocked hat, and smiled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Oliver made a bow, which was divided between the beadle on the chair, and the cocked hat on the table. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Pablo pulled and let go as the man had told him and the block snapped forward into place and the pistol was cocked with the hammer back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• With this hurried adjuration, he cocked his blunderbuss, and stood on the offensive. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr Venus knowingly cocked his shock of hair, as rather thinking Mr Wegg had remembered himself, in respect of appearing without any disguise. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A well-bred servant, in a cocked hat and dashing livery entered my room, with many bows. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I lay them ready cocked on a chair by my bedside at night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The mighty cocked hat was replaced by a modest round one. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• On these occasions he wore his dress uniform, cocked hat, aiguillettes, sabre and spurs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• To all this, Mr Venus, with his shock of dusty hair cocked after the manner of a terrier's ears, attends profoundly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Fledgeby turned into the counting-house, perched himself on a business stool, and cocked his hat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Their pieces were cocked and levelled when we all ran in. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Yes, I am,' said the man with the cocked hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Well, they tell me I am looking pretty blooming,' said the man with the cocked hat, 'and it's a wonder, too. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• All this he thought, before he took Amelia's hand into his own, and as he let his cocked hat fall. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I placed my revolver, cocked, upon the top of the wooden case behind which I crouched. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Meanwhile she folds up a cocked hat for that redoubtable old general at Bath, descriptive of her melancholy condition. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Smauker, my lad, your fin,' said the gentleman with the cocked hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When Mr. Bumble had laughed a little while, his eyes again encountered the cocked hat; and he became grave. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Thus saying, Mr. Bumble put on his cocked hat wrong side first, in a fever of parochial excitement; and flounced out of the shop. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Then he turned the handle and entered, I at his heels, with the cocked pistol in my hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• His chin was cocked upward and his eyes were fixed in a dreadful, rigid stare at the corner of the ceiling. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• On him the cocked hat, gold-laced coat, and staff, had all three descended. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Now, then, mister, said he, with his head cocked and his arms akimbo, what are you driving at? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A field-marshal has his uniform; a bishop his silk apron; a counsellor his silk gown; a beadle his cocked hat. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My friend threw out the information in a very offhand way, but I saw that he cocked his eye at me to see if I had followed his reasoning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He cocked it and fired twice. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He laid aside the cocked hat and stick which he had just taken up, and said he would have one glass, for good fellowship's sake. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She cocked her head on one side and languished at him through screwed-up eyes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• At his remark I drew the weapon out and laid it cocked upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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