She was a cat fancier but she did not own a cat because she was allergic to them. From LearnThat.org.
The tadpole fancier is expert at the art of low politics. From Wordnik.com. [Racist Slur At Boris] Reference
And coupled with Chabon's obvious joy with the English language, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a word fancier's delight. From Wordnik.com. [The Yiddish Policemen's Union] Reference
I learn a lot when I learn a new tune, then hear a "fancier" version. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
My first cut of this was a little 'fancier' in that I had a method that deduced the mime type and passed this as the content-type. From Wordnik.com. [The Code Project Latest Articles] Reference
Much "fancier" but apparently Chris got a good price for all of the rooms. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Equally recognizable is the older picture-fancier. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Now the latest models are a tad pricier -- and fancier. From Wordnik.com. [CALL THESE SUPERFLY] Reference
Do we really need fancier grills or more flat-screen TVs?. From Wordnik.com. [A Darker Future For Us] Reference
He knew them as a trainer knows horses, or a fancier knows dogs. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
George Washington, too, was an oyster fancier as this note to his New. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
The bird-fancier might here make as beautiful a collection as I have ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
I redeemed myself, and my father gave me fancier fish. From Wordnik.com. [Under Water] Reference
Some of them was fixed up fancier but dey didn't have no more comforts than we had. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
Though some prefer fancier shore resorts, I've always loved O.C. and its Boardwalk food. From Wordnik.com. [Counting calories on the boardwalk] Reference
"The fancier the dinner a Viking could give, the more power and influence he could gain.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Mariners] Reference
But then, in the interests of full disclosure, we should note that Contassot is a cat-fancier. From Wordnik.com. [O To Be A Dog In Paris!] Reference
The various ingredients, or the food ready made, can be obtained at almost any bird-fancier's shop. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Her tail is like a fox's brush, and her ruff gladdens the heart of every cat fancier that beholds her. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
There are well-defined deviations, but no sensible improvements, except to the eye of the bird-fancier. From Wordnik.com. [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference
Antonio Stradivari himself is not greater than that of Richard Duke in the eyes of many a Fiddle fancier. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
The horse-fancier may invest a few hundreds very profitably in the purchase of some really good brood mares. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
Of course he is a clever pig, but you have developed him and made it easy for us to teach him fancier tricks. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
The new program is more demanding -- with fancier footwork and three triple jumps after the three-minute mark. From Wordnik.com. [Still Carrying A Torch] Reference
Richard then related how he had purchased the canary on the preceding night from a bird fancier in the village. From Wordnik.com. [After Long Years and Other Stories] Reference
(Soundbite of singing) There are fancier fado restaurants than this one, with lines of tourists waiting to get in. From Wordnik.com. [Portuguese Fado and a Few Dirty Tables] Reference
Mr. Pippel, the bird-fancier, who was a German, and ought to know best, thought it was the English for some singular. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
Standing rather close around her were a half dozen men with fancier hats and ruffs and wide-flaring riding gauntlets. From Wordnik.com. [No Great Magic] Reference
"I think I ken," ventured a little fellow, whose father was a bird fancier, "maybe they wad be moultin 'at the time.". From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
The father was respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier and a stern, upright collection-plate passer and forecloser. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE: The birds in this study were about a dozen homing pigeons kept by a fancier who lives in Hungary. From Wordnik.com. [Backpacked Birds Reveal Who's The Boss] Reference
Murakami takes turns telling the stories of the teenage runaway, who calls himself Kafka, and Nakata, the old cat fancier. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Trip] Reference
Yet 72 percent also say they feel more social pressure to buy bigger homes and fancier cars to keep up with their neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [They're Rich (And You're Not)] Reference
For instance, Brooks Brothers, the fancier clothier, is offering 15 percent bonus savings to consumers who shop before 1 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Post-holiday sales may offer real deals] Reference
In "Kafka," Murakami takes turns telling the stories of the runaway, who calls himself Kafka, and Nakata, the old cat fancier. From Wordnik.com. [THE CALL OF THE WILD] Reference
When higher earners buy fancier toys, others feel they need similar things, says economist Robert Frank, author of "Luxury Fever.". From Wordnik.com. [In The Voters' Pocketbooks] Reference
Earlier this year, Extended Stay Hotels redesigned the rooms in its Deluxe chain, with fancier shower heads and in-room DVD players. From Wordnik.com. [Sit, Stay Awhile] Reference
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