Moreover, he preferred his yacht and his four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
After all, his brilliant crimson four-in-hand was the nicest. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
It was no kindergarten way of learning to drive four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- "The truth is that I can't tie a four-in-hand.". From Wordnik.com. [Justice Stevens casts a long shadow over Supreme Court] Reference
For those who have driven four-in-hand, this will have no message. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
The four-in-hand matched his wife's red dress -- a sheath, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion: Robin Givhan on candidates' and their families' election-night apparel] Reference
I do like so much to drive four-in-hand with plenty of space before me. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Poppa decided that we had better go to Versailles by Cook's four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference
If ever a woman put her whole mind to a thing, I did on that four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
The way he hasn't learned to tie a four-in-hand necktie like the men do. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Krepel: John L. Perry's Greatest Obama-Hating Hits] Reference
Europe to be in the habit of driving four-in-hand over wooden-legged beggars. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
At 6-foot-2, Obama may be wearing the four-in-hand out of physical necessity. From Wordnik.com. [Political Ties] Reference
She drove four-in-hand, and was a dead shot -- the very antipodes of sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
Ladies can drive four-in-hand in the Bois very early in the morning; can't they?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
If you have, then you know the nature of my first lesson in four-in-hand driving. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
He is a splendid whip, and his four-in-hand was eclipsed by none other in the club. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
He got two in addition to the two we changed, so that now we have a rude four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Deadlocked City] Reference
So, in an era of such sartorial plenty, why does Obama opt for the pedestrian four-in-hand?. From Wordnik.com. [Political Ties] Reference
At the signal to go Number 1 runs forward to Number 2, who must wear a four-in-hand necktie. From Wordnik.com. [School, Church, and Home Games] Reference
Number 1 unties Number 2's necktie, takes it off his neck and reties it in a four-in-hand knot. From Wordnik.com. [School, Church, and Home Games] Reference
And as long as I rely on pebbles, I cannot truthfully speak of myself as "tooling a four-in-hand.". From Wordnik.com. [FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR] Reference
Suddenly, the thick tie knot, whether it's a fat four-in-hand or the classic Windsor, is everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Torregrossa: Phat Bill and The Politics of Style] Reference
"I don't think so," said poppa, "when I buy four-in-hand tickets I don't take one-in-hand accommodation.". From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference
We learn from newspapers that Mrs. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN drives a splendid four-in-hand turnout at Newport. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870] Reference
I had always intended to learn to drive four-in-hand, but this first lesson left me no pleasure in the learning. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
"Yes, that would be better than the four-in-hand in the G.S. waggon that you took to the sports meeting," I added. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
An elegant brake was intended for the ladies, in which the coachman could exhibit his skill in driving four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
"At all events, Bertram, we can enter the gates together hand-in - hand, four-in-hand; so cheer up, old fellow," cried Douglas. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
Aberdeen Gully, and as our three mule ambulance wagons were going up for the day we had a ride in a four-in-hand to Gully Beach. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
I have driven a four-in-hand over corduroy roads and ridden horseback over the pathless vasty wilds of the continent's backbone. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Tenderfoot] Reference
On this very day he had driven himself into his prebend's house in the close in his four-in-hand to welcome his young American cousin. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
He shot pigeons at Hurlingham, drove four-in-hand in the park, had a box at every race-course, and was the most good-natured fellow known. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
It would be easier to "run" the Treasury Department of the United States than a four-in-hand. From Wordnik.com. [Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing] Reference
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