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Meanings of quaint in anglès
Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
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Usage of quaint in anglès
1
Smith said, That quaint premise was clearly established years ago, old friend.
2
Sir, - We have just witnessed rather quaint election in Northern Ireland.
3
There is humility in that simple, quaint present; trustfulness and kind intention.
4
A fearful rate of labor; a strange, grave, quaint, ascetic, rigorous life.
5
In the midst stands a stalwart form, in quaint but regal attire.
6
It occupied considerable time, but I took a quaint delight in it.
7
We see it as a quaint story, but signalmen were new then.
8
Afterward Chaucer wrote these down in a book in quaint old English.
9
The voice I loved was speaking in its quaint, somewhat drawly cadence:
10
The ticking noise resembled the quaint sound made by the death spider.
11
He no longer had a calling card-thatwas so quaint, so nineties.
12
He spoke in the quaint universal language, which I understood, though imperfectly.
13
Now he turned to us and said in his quaint broken English:
14
He did, and it was just the place; quaint, restful, and retired.
15
You in the West believe this is some quaint and irrational quarrel.
16
The narrative of her escape we give in her own quaint words.
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Quaint through the time
Quaint across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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