Adjective : whilom friends. From Dictionary.com.
On reaching the Place de la Révolution, her looks turned towards the Jardin National, whilom Tuileries; her face at that moment gave signs of lively emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-19] Reference
Service to be the one to arrest his whilom fellow-student. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
Quite easily nowadays the remote provinces of the whilom great. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Why should this man, this whilom friend of his, have everything?. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
The immortal deities, who whilom had seen service at the "affair" of. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Often did my whilom slave scholars refer to the excitement at Mosquito. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Thenceforward the whilom secretary's examination proceeded as follows. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
Our last call was at the residence of Mr. Weasner, whilom member of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
American whalers in the south having depopulated the whilom numerous herds. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
From these particulars it will be seen that, although the whilom owner of the. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Oscar peeped in, and there was his siren, and there also was his whilom friend. From Wordnik.com. [Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field] Reference
We may misuse it, but we can scarce do worse in this respect than our whilom masters. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Cross the Channel and behold his whilom hereditary foeman, but now firm ally, the Frenchman!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
It was a nautical farewell from their whilom comrades: and then the brothers were left alone!. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
A correspondent of mine in the army (a whilom contributor of yours, by the way) writes me this. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
There were picked up also, more than a dozen replicas in bronze of the whilom sacred scarabaeus. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"Heinrich!" he called out to the man who, as his whilom comrade, had preserved his rations for him. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
Bubastis, but whilom commander over Israel at Pa-Ramesu, paused one noon with his train at the well. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The story was soon related, and the girl's indignation against his whilom rival filled him with delight. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
What seemed to mystify Fouquart was that none of these whilom champions ever attained the grace of forgetfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
Little remained of its whilom grandeur; a section house, a railway station, a number of canvas-roofed domiciles, Field's. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Todborough Grange, the seat of Cedric Bloxam, Justice of the Peace, and whilom High Sheriff for East Fernshire, lies low. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
The whilom assailants of the young man were not so kindly served by the gods to whom they appealed loudly and frequently. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Short, wrinkled and bent with age, she wore a bombazine gown of antique cut -- its whilom black red-rusty from time's dye. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Their entreaties were at last acceded to, and the stick was broken into fine bits, which were hurled at their whilom owner. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
He was whilom the sound of war, but now of peace; yet as terrible as ever, for wheresoever he comes they are sure to pay for it. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Saturday morning a physician was called in, and the whilom secretary was not able to appear upon the streets again until Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
New York has grown considerably since she was New Amsterdam, and has almost forgotten her whilom dependence on her first godmother. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
I could eat no more, so I turned to my whilom informant to learn as much as I could and sought to draw him out with far-fetched gossip. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio] Reference
The young man's face was fired with that spirit which ever lay so near the surface and he looked at his whilom host with a mighty hauteur. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Presently, under the active superintendence of the old sailor, the whilom empty glass receptacle began to assume a more picturesque aspect. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
Many moderate and whilom influential Republicans determined to assemble in convention at Philadelphia, and invited delegates from all parts. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
My own conviction is that there is at this moment in London an emissary from that den in the whilom Rue de Rabagas -- for all I know it may be the Woman of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
"Rich and handsome," says Luttrell, with exemplary composure and a growing conviction that he will soon hate with an undying hatred his whilom friend John Massereene. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
We drew a long breath when we emerged into the welcome blinking daylight at the other end of the tunnel, and soon after bade good-bye to our whilom friend the skipper. From Wordnik.com. [Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe] Reference
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