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Meanings of own acquaintance in English

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Usage of own acquaintance in English
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Our own acquaintance was, to a great degree, literary and bookish.
Adventures Among Books
2
To these classes of men her own acquaintance was confined.
The Waters of Edera
3
Letty's marriage had made her unusually popular for the time with her own acquaintance.
Sir George Tressady — Volume I
4
I had to make my own acquaintance, she added, with one of her bright laughs.
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
5
We can at least begin by barring the irrelevant person-inother words, choosing our own acquaintance.
Prose Fancies
6
Gentlemen of his own acquaintance could be substituted.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
7
Her own acquaintance with Wyverton was very slight.
The Odds / And Other Stories
8
A dear girl of my own acquaintance dressed, in one morning, fifteen or sixteen women and children.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889
9
I'd rather own acquaintance with him than with Richard Hare, if I'd my choice between the two.
East Lynne
10
Only, it hadn't occurred to her to identify them with people of her own acquaintance.)
The Real Adventure
11
Upon my word I have my doubts if I could be really respectable without cutting my own acquaintance.
The Philistines
12
No one dared to own acquaintance
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 / Vo...
13
I was so, so thankful in that moment that Mikey hadn't had the opportunity to further our own acquaintance.
Calamity jayne
14
Just now you may exercise the privilege of your sex unhindered and better your own acquaintance with our host.
Nobody's Man
15
It was as if she were making her own acquaintance over again, and the process was not without fascination.
The Mayor of Warwick
16
In the beginning of my own acquaintance with Donovan I sometimes argued with him, but I soon learned better manners.
The House of a Thousand Candles
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