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Definition of Curtsied
1. curtsy [v] - See also: curtsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtsied
Literary usage of Curtsied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Fredrika says herself, " I walked badly, sat badly, stood badly, curtsied badly,''
and the sister's account, ..."
2. The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821 by Mary Browne (1905)
"They danced to the beating of a drum ; the little one curtsied on his stilts,
and after they had done, the man put him on the horse, and sent him round to ..."
3. Guy Mannering: Or the Astrologer by Walter Scott (1878)
"The young lady curtsied acquiescence, and took her new friend's hand. Mannering now
turned his eye upon the Dominie, who had made bows since his entrance ..."
4. The Works of John Moore, M. D.: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by John Moore (1820)
"... having replaced her mask, and curtsied, she walk' ed on. The two gentlemen
had afterwards occasion to admire her gracefulness and agility; ..."
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