Is be a Cornishman, is he a Cockney, is he a Northumbrian, is he Devonshire or what is he?. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Population] Reference
Cornishman (A) on a curious monumental brass, 370. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 1, November, 1849-May, 1850 A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
But the Cornishman smiled with that peculiar sceptical smile. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
Attorney-General, a Cornishman, as he belonged to the family long seated in. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
As the Cornishman said to Mr. Hawker, "Why should the King tax good liquor?". From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
The young chap at the table wore gold rings in his ears and was a Cornishman. From Wordnik.com. [The Murder of Busy Lizzie]
The typical Cornishman has always been a fisher or a tin-miner; and both still flourish. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
He got away from The Cornishman shortly after three, and went straight to pick Malcolm up. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
One Cornishman afterwards related that he was pulled out at every station and made to fight. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Part in a Revolution] Reference
Nettlebones was a Cornishman, and Cornishmen at that time had a reverent faith in witchcraft. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
"Could be, I suppose, but I've yet to meet a Frenchie could tell a Cockney from a Cornishman.". From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Oh, yeah, last night I saw Closer, adapted from the play by Mike's fellow Cornishman Patrick Marber. From Wordnik.com. [Tubewalk] Reference
Cornishman who also had as pretty a little ranch as one could expect to find in such an unlikely place. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Their accents sound as strange to Tehranis as would a Belfast accent to a Cornishman hearing it for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Max Keiser: If Iraq Was Main Stream Media's Failure, Will Iran Be Social Network Media's Failure?] Reference
A gigantic Cornishman mounted the car, and said, in a voice that could easily be heard above the shouting of the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
The Cornishman also called the cathode-ray oscilloscope a 'crow' - from CRO - and the spectrum analyser a rectum paralyser. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: SOLDER.] Reference
Cornishman, and the two parties of Danes, uniting their forces, would restore order to the land and destroy the followers of Haco. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Mr Odgers, the old Cornishman who lived nearby came rushing in saying that the bandits were at his house taking everything he had. From Wordnik.com. [Murder in Mexico: an English family during the Revolution] Reference
"Put 'er in first!" said the Cornishman anxiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Cut] Reference
He selected the biggest Cornishman and squared off. From Wordnik.com. [James Watt] Reference
Cornishman, into East Anglia, on recruiting service. From Wordnik.com. [George Borrow in East Anglia] Reference
"'Ow do you figure it?" asked the Cornishman at last. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Cut] Reference
As for my brown face and black eyes, many a Cornishman has. From Wordnik.com. [The Car of Destiny] Reference
The Cornishman left his work and walked to Fairchild's side. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Cut] Reference
The big Cornishman whispered to him as he took his seat again. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Cut] Reference
Now it is perfectly true that no real Cornishman, I mean no man who spoke. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
The big Cornishman waved it aside as one would brush away an obnoxious fly. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Cut] Reference
With a cry of pain the Cornishman flung himself to one side and tore loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Highgrader] Reference
He did not want to enter into an argument with the plain-spoken old Cornishman. From Wordnik.com. [All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War] Reference
"And that you robbed the Old Times dance and framed the evidence against this big Cornishman?". From Wordnik.com. [The Cross-Cut] Reference
There's Perks o 'Deptford, McLean as hails from Leith, and Treliving the Cornishman -- three good men. From Wordnik.com. [Black Bartlemy's Treasure] Reference
A grisly-bearded, beetle-browed, twinkling-eyed old Cornishman muttered: "A'hm not troublin 'about that.". From Wordnik.com. [Villa Rubein, and other stories] Reference
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