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Definition of Curtest
1. curt [adj] - See also: curt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtest
Literary usage of Curtest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society (1900)
"... me for the curtest that courte ... mourned; bounty, shew goodness; curtest,
most courteous; ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"Men ceased speaking to him, or greeted him with the curtest of nods. Plant's men
were ostracized in every way, once they showed themselves ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1871)
"... we can understand the enthusiasm of Mr. Burgon when he says that " in countless
instances they have transfused the curtest, baldest, and darkest of the ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"To Hamlet's indelicate banter she makes the curtest replies, scarcely sufficient
to defend her outraged modesty. She is concealing and bearing up against ..."
5. A Jewish State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Question by Theodor Herzl, Sylvie d'. Avigdor, Jacob De Haas (1917)
"I shall now put the Jewish Question in the curtest possible form: Are we to "get
out" now? And if so, to what place? Or, may we yet remain? ..."
6. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"Fannie had expected that his doors would be flung wide to me the instant he heard
of my arrival ; while he had, on the contrary, in the curtest possible ..."
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