Lexicographical Neighbors of Quirking
Literary usage of Quirking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"quirking. Quick turning; a metaphorical use of the architectural term. And hy
the barn side we saw many a mouse quirking round for the kernels that litter'd ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"Saw on the alders by the river-side front of Hildreth's a song - sparrow quirking
its tail. It flew across the river to the willows, and soon I heard its ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1893)
"Saw on the alders by the river-side front of Hildreth's a song - sparrow quirking
its tail. It flew across the river to the willows, and soon I heard its ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"The substance of the egg-shell seemed to have expanded and softened, and the
embryo by its incessant quirking elongated it so that it was able to extend ..."
5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... was only two or three, to my surprise, and betrayed himself by moving, like
a large sparrow with ruffled feathers, and quirking ..."
6. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"Let us be happy without quibbling and quirking. Let us obey the sun blindly.
What is the suu ? It is love. He who says love, says woman. ..."
7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1879)
"... a quagmire. t Quest; see Quist. t Quid, v. to suck. Quilt, v. to swallow (Grose).
quirking, complaining. Also Glouc. ..."
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