dominie

• I don't look like a dominie, do I, Captain And then Captain Nicar explained what Mr. Oliver had known, but which had temporarily slipped his mind--that Robert Collyer was a very great preacher, a Unitarian who had graduated out of orthodoxy, and who in his youth had been a blacksmith Why didn't he stay a blacksmith, if he was a good one, and let it go at that But this Nicar couldn't answer. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• You are perfectly aware that something has gone wrong with the dominie, and he's on his nerves," Dolph told her coolly. —  The Brentons
• Almost immediately afterwards Hector and the dominie, accompanied by half a dozen troopers, came galloping up along the path close to the water-hole. —  Adventures in Australia
• She didn't approve of the dominie, as he was not of the faith of her Irish fathers, and she did approve of Corporal Lenihan, who had come to spend the evening. —  Under Fire
• The good dominie--who knew his business--instantly seized upon the rat for his cue And you love the rat?' —  The President A novel

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