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Significados de quaint em inglês

Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

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It flaunted in the face of the passer-by an old-time front yard.
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
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One aimed to draw recruits; the other to hold the old-time Democrats.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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Rosanna herself found an old-time song book with some questionable subject matter.
Radio NZ
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These old-time Beijing residents thought they were the 'Citizens of the Emperor'.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
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Without the Internet, the voices of the old-time dissidents were barely heard.
Reuters
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There, with no help from the olde worlde lamps, I wait until I dare to cross.
The Irish Times
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At this point I should advise anyone who prefers ye olde worlde bedde and breakfaste to go and mow the lawn.
The Guardian
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Delegates filed through the door on Saturday into olde worlde splendour of big comfy chairs, polished wooden floors and luxurious Christmas decorations.
The Irish Times
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They found themselves in a clean, neat public bar, with matching wooden chairs, olde worlde wooden tables, and chintz curtains at the windows.
Report for Murder
Uso de quaint em inglês
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Smith said, That quaint premise was clearly established years ago, old friend.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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Sir, - We have just witnessed rather quaint election in Northern Ireland.
The Irish Times
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There is humility in that simple, quaint present; trustfulness and kind intention.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
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A fearful rate of labor; a strange, grave, quaint, ascetic, rigorous life.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 / A Mag...
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In the midst stands a stalwart form, in quaint but regal attire.
Letters from High Latitudes / Being Some Account of a Voyage in ...
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It occupied considerable time, but I took a quaint delight in it.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
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We see it as a quaint story, but signalmen were new then.
The Guardian
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Afterward Chaucer wrote these down in a book in quaint old English.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) / Classic Tales and Old-F...
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The voice I loved was speaking in its quaint, somewhat drawly cadence:
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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The ticking noise resembled the quaint sound made by the death spider.
The Strand Magazine: Vol. 07, Issue 37, January, 1894. / An Illu...
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He no longer had a calling card-thatwas so quaint, so nineties.
Storm Front
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He spoke in the quaint universal language, which I understood, though imperfectly.
Tarrano the Conqueror
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Now he turned to us and said in his quaint broken English:
Queen Sheba's Ring
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He did, and it was just the place; quaint, restful, and retired.
The Celebrity, Volume 01
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You in the West believe this is some quaint and irrational quarrel.
Man in the Middle
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The narrative of her escape we give in her own quaint words.
Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
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