A clothesbrush and a tin cup were the only foreign objects on the overwrought, gilded table to the other side of a red velvet chair beside the fringed canopy bed. From Wordnik.com. [Temple of the Winds]
Everything was mentioned, the number of handkerchiefs, the condition of the comb, of the hairbrush and clothesbrush, with sketches showing the position of each item. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Reluctant Witness]
"Let us go in, and they will lend you a clothesbrush.". From Wordnik.com. [Macleod of Dare] Reference
He is a little dark man, with quick, questioning eyes, and hair like a clothesbrush. From Wordnik.com. [Old Junk] Reference
But Mr. Barrett was armed at all points by a consummate education and a most serviceable clothesbrush. From Wordnik.com. [Sandra Belloni — Complete] Reference
Like young Washington, Mr. Bhaer 'couldn't tell a lie', so he gave the somewhat vague reply that he believed they did sometimes, in a tone that made Mr. March put down his clothesbrush, glance at Jo's retiring face, and then sink into his chair, looking as if the 'precocious chick' had put an idea into his head that was both sweet and sour. From Wordnik.com. [Little Women] Reference
Like young Washington, Mr. Bhaer ` couldn't tell a lie ', so he gave the somewhat vague reply that he believed they did some - times, in a tone that made Mr. March put down his clothesbrush, glance at Jo's retiring face, and then sink into his chair, look - ing as if the ` precocious chick' had put an idea into his head that was both sweet and sour. From Wordnik.com. [Little Women] Reference
I had already been warned that I should never show surprise, so I merely expressed my sympathy, and said that though I had only been in the capital so short a time, I had already had a very narrow escape from stealing a clothesbrush, and that though I had resisted temptation so far, I was sadly afraid that if I saw any object of special interest that was neither too hot nor too heavy, I should have to put myself in the straightener's hands. From Wordnik.com. [Erewhon; or, Over the range] Reference
"Let's have your clothesbrush, please.". From Wordnik.com. [The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million] Reference
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