beamish

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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

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  • At Denny's outburst the Hefn's beamish-boy look faded away; his demeanor became more closed and quiet, and when he spoke his voice had lost much of its hearty charm. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • He will drop into sentences "mystagogic," say, or "beamish," or present us with "accessory japes," "conjuries of tiny freehand strokes," or "forms of concerted indulgence." —  The New York Review of Books
  • The beamish one of Mr. Lewis, placed next to articles questioning his perspicacity, does him no favors. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • But at least there is some justice in life, for Davidson, once such a beamish boy, now has a touch of reduced-price sausagemeat about the eyes. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • If the secret life of litter proves as beamish as that of the mail, we may never use the word "garbage" again. —  Blogger News Network
 

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