True mannish arrogance. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A mannish stride. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : mannish clothing styles for women; a mannish voice. ,a mannish youth. From Dictionary.com.
COSTELLO: Last Saturday, Clinton appeared on "Saturday Night Live," poking fun at herself and what some call her mannish pantsuits. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2008] Reference
I could see how someone like Clea DuVall would be described as mannish the people of Westeros. From Wordnik.com. [Garret Dillahunt interested in Thrones?] Reference
They are what the old black queers around here call mannish boys (after that old song by Muddy Waters.). From Wordnik.com. [kaboom Diary Entry] Reference
My mother thinks she's "mannish" but I don't see it. From Wordnik.com. [TV Addict Readers 1, TV Addict 0 | the TV addict] Reference
She wants to be more "mannish" than the men! merle 7. From Wordnik.com. [Polls: Clinton, Obama tied in Indiana] Reference
However, not all lesbians are "mannish," even if they do have short hair. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 58] Reference
Does she have to be more "mannish" to be one of the boys to prove she is tough?. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton willing to debate on a flat-bed truck] Reference
We have more 'mannish' dimension in our team in all the duels, and we're not bullied any more. From Wordnik.com. [Shocked Carlo Ancelotti tells Chelsea to 'wake up' after Arsenal defeat] Reference
We have more 'mannish' dimension in our team in all the duels. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Sarah Connor may be a female, but she sure looks "mannish" and fa. From Wordnik.com. [Cao's Blog] Reference
Liza Menelli ... she's kind of mannish enough and I bet she'd play rough!. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
To become "mannish" is in the eyes of conventional society worse than to commit a crime. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Future Position in the World] Reference
To use the contemptuous word applied in the lecture alluded to, is she becoming "mannish"?. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I] Reference
There never was a manly boy in the world whom the word "mannish," when applied to him, did not crush. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncalled A Novel] Reference
Maybe it's the chiaroscuro, or just that the kid's hair is long enough to be deemed "mannish," but this pic looks nearly plausible. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from The Sun] Reference
Dreamed what was called mannish, wasn't. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
"mannish" females could get no countenance from them. From Wordnik.com. [History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868] Reference
Hester gave in, but Rose wouldn't -- "him too mannish!". From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Somewhat mannish in an attractive way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2007] Reference
He held out a crumpled note written in Helen's rather mannish back-hand. From Wordnik.com. [32 Caliber] Reference
It is one of those mannish tricks of hers which give a wrong impression. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
He's a mannish boy, which is tough when you're also a husband and a father. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Half-Brother Lives A World Apart] Reference
She was bareheaded, wore mannish gloves, and sported large circlet earrings. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
I was 'bout 5 years old den, but dat boys 'shirt made me feel powerful mannish. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
The commissaris, with a delicate old-mannish gesture, tipped ash off his cigar. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Rain]
The house stifled her with its large, low, mannish rooms and continued reminder of. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
I petted him a little, but he was so mannish he didn't want me to pet him any more. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference
It has been objected that gymnastics and field sports make girls coarse and mannish. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
She had on a rough, mannish-looking coat, and a coarse, red hood covered her bright head. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Thou Gavest] Reference
He could see it fairly well now, by not looking at it: a vague, mannish outline, very sad. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
Then there swept by a jaunty dog cart, driven by a mannish figure radiantly robed in white. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
"All the Japanese female athletes in the past have been mannish and stoic and no-fun types.". From Wordnik.com. [Wild In The Snow] Reference
The first are pretty and silly; the second, plain and useful; the third, mannish and odious. From Wordnik.com. [Mae Madden] Reference
I think they think that wrestlers might be kind of like these brutish, kind of mannish girls. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2004] Reference
She was handsome in a mannish way, undeniably striking with her upright carriage and dark hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
She had assumed mannish ways -- sometimes when the assumption was not particularly in good taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause] Reference
Her hand, if plump, was small, too; but the gauntlets she wore made it seem larger and more mannish than it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
She made women's clothes comfortable by making them mannish: boldly introducing pants and the color black -- a Chanel trademark. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
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