To the left of the shopwindow was a passage leading into a courtyard. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Loner]
Then I saw a little cluster of people standing before a shopwindow and nodded toward them. From Wordnik.com. [Time and Again]
For a moment the ship hung suspended in the fog, like a gigantic toy in a frosted shopwindow. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Atomic Earth Blaster]
Fair hair flowing free as she jives to the rhythm of her singing, Judith embellishes one shopwindow, and Mundy her comrade-in-arms another. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
That same afternoon Lapointe strolled along the Quai de la Mégisserie, where almost every shopwindow was filled with birds and other small pets. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Madwoman—Simenon, Georges - 100]
One of these appears in nearly every shopwindow and over nearly every shopdoor. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Revised] Reference
Women look at the discounted prices in a shopwindow at a shoe store in cent. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to China hauls EU to the World Trade Organization in dispute over duties on Chinese shoes] Reference
She had set her heart on a silk mantelet marked thirteen francs, which she had seen in a shopwindow. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
He then went into lodgings at Alfredston, and saw in a shopwindow the little handbill announcing the sale of his father-in-law's furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Jude the Obscure] Reference
But, truth to tell, she is apt to turn away from the printed page, and keep gazing at the pretty pictures, such as the gay-colored ones which make this shopwindow the continual loitering-place of children. From Wordnik.com. [Little Annie's Ramble (From "Twice Told Tales")] Reference
Stadia not only represent the shopwindow in which Fiji Rugby is displayed but they also represent importnat revenue streams and marketing opportunities which must be brouvght into concert with the oerall requirements of Fiji Rugby. From Wordnik.com. [Fiji Times Online - Local News] Reference
Captain Cuttle, though no sluggard, did not turn so early on the morning after he had seen Sol Gills, through the shopwindow, writing in the parlour, with the Midshipman upon the counter, and Rob the Grinder making up his bed below it, but that the clocks struck six as he raised himself on his elbow, and took a survey of his little chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Euphony.] Reference
Recently, the film came out on DVD; I saw it in the shopwindow of Amsterdam’s Boudisque record store. From Wordnik.com. [Films I’d love to see « Jahsonic] Reference
In the sunlight from the shopwindow, the earring was Fourth of July fireworks and bouquets of Valentine’s Day roses. From Wordnik.com. [Diary]
But indeed there is no sense at all in describing this lovely girl as though I were taking an inventory of my shopwindow, "said Jurgen. From Wordnik.com. [Jurgen A Comedy of Justice] Reference
Asking me to live in a ruddy shopwindow so that ’alf Saltey can see if I’ve changed me dickey before I partake of me deep frozen ah lah cart. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
'shopwindow'. '. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
Picture to yourself the affected graces of a shopwoman with insignificant features, cold and ever-smiling eyes, complacent and placid physiognomy, devoid of real elegance, but having a certain love for glitter and tinsel, no doubt caught at her father's shopwindow, making her take pleasure in many-coloured satin bows, sashes and buckles; and her hair glossy with cosmetic, stiffly arranged by the hairdresser over a small, obstinate, narrow forehead, where the total absence of wrinkles told less of youth than of complete lack of thought. From Wordnik.com. [Femmes d'artistes. English] Reference
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