Boatman's an out-and-outer, once one gets on good terms with him. 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
"If only I had the poetic vocabulary I'd give him a high-class out-and-outer.". From Wordnik.com. [Bruvver Jim's Baby] Reference
She had spent enough years in London to recognize in him a regular top sawyer, an out-and-outer, as other gentlemen would call him. From Wordnik.com. [No Man's Mistress]
But, on the other hand, "in a livelier tone," if your ladyship has any curiosity, or shall we say, a psychological bent, regarding the real out-and-outer, the excursion should be to your liking. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
I never knew such a regular out-and-outer as Hopkins. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)] Reference
'It ain't a large' un; but it's an out-and-outer to sleep in. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
"A real out-and-outer, and no mistake," were the confirmatory replies. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific] Reference
Not a nice young lady for a small tea-party, sir, 'he added, lowering his voice; 'a regular out-and-outer your sister is, to be sure.'. From Wordnik.com. [Much Darker Days] Reference
'Skulker has caught a little girl, sir,' he replied; 'and there's a lad here,' he added, making a clutch at me, 'who looks an out-and-outer. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
Kymli, "I was at Herr Mozart's again yesterday evening; he is, indeed, a wonderful little fellow; he is an out-and-outer, and no mistake!" and was always praising me. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
Zeb Marston, a regular out-and-outer frontiersman, who seemed to spend his whole life in settling out of the way places, and locating his family in sickly situations. From Wordnik.com. [The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports] Reference
Having executed this feat, and reopened his eye, Mr. Weller proceeded to inquire which was the individual bedstead that Mr. Roker had so flatteringly described as an out-and-outer to sleep in. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickwick Papers] Reference
There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out-and-outer, I spliced her; and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted; but that wasn't long, the more's the pity; so I went to sea for more. From Wordnik.com. [The Pacha of Many Tales] Reference
Exchange, and here the out-and-outer spends more than half his days. ". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
She is a regular out-and-outer — unless one happens to be excessively high in the instep, of course.”. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
A single bound into their best graces, and was vehemently declared by one and all to be "a real out-and-outer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific] Reference
‘and there’s a lad here, ‘he added, making a clutch at me, ‘who looks an out-and-outer!. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
I caught just a look of one eye, and the end of her nose, and I should say she's a out-and-outer, and no mistake. ". From Wordnik.com. [Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3] Reference
‘out-and-outer,’ a ‘swell and no mistake,’ and complimented with scarce one dissentient voice by the simple academy at Gandish’s. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
I have seen and known a many in my day, Signor Marchese, as you are well aware, sir; but such an one as that, such an out-and-outer, I never saw before. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Siren] Reference
"If she is a bad woman, she's an out-and-outer; for she looks one in the face, with those superb black eyes of hers, as bright and clear as the image of truth itself. From Wordnik.com. [Run to Earth A Novel] Reference
He is a reserved kind of man who does not talk much; he patted me on the shoulder, sighed, and said, "Yes ” you are ” you understand ” yes ” it is true ” you are an out-and-outer!". From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
I was a radical out-and-outer, as to funds. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870] Reference
Isn't he a regular out-and-outer to look at?. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields] Reference
Master Clive was pronounced an 'out-and-outer,' a. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
I am an out-and-outer. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II] Reference
Clayton's an out-and-outer. ". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
And a slap-up out-and-outer was I. From Wordnik.com. [Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896]] Reference
Why, you're a regular out-and-outer. ". From Wordnik.com. [Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai] Reference
A clutch at me, "who looks an out-and-outer!. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
Isn’t he a regular out-and-outer to look at?. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
"Oh, you 're an author, a regular out-and-outer. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncalled A Novel] Reference
I am a High Churchman -- I vow I am -- an out-and-outer. From Wordnik.com. [The Testing of Diana Mallory] Reference
"Yes, sir, you are, sir," said Gedge; "an out-and-outer.". From Wordnik.com. [Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills] Reference
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