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Definition of Drawled
1. drawl [v] - See also: drawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawled
Literary usage of Drawled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Master Skylark: A Story of Shakspere's Time by John Bennett, Reginald Bathurst Birch (1897)
"... muster," drawled he; " do na go to ruffling it here. This shop be mine, and
I be free-born Englishman. I 'll stand aside for no swash-buckling rogue on ..."
2. Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery by Marion Harland (1874)
"No, my dear," drawled the placid Frau, " to ripen." CAULIFLOWER BOILED CAULIFLOWER.
Pick off the leaves and cut the stalk close to the bottom of the bunch ..."
3. Diary of a Daly Débutante: Being Passages from the Journal of a Member of by Dora Knowlton Thompson Ranous (1910)
"... a rather lackadaisical damsel, and once, in the company of actors, when someone
asked her what kind of beer she liked, she drawled languidly: " Bee-ah ? ..."
4. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"The debate drawled out. I left the room, and, as I went my way homeward, I found,
upon reflection, that I had been on the very verge of blundering into a ..."
5. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1908)
"I'm ashamed to say I don't know a grocer when I see one," Edale drawled. ...
She could really get on quite well without you," Edale drawled, ..."
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