miniature

• She was delicate as a miniature, as a figure carved in ivory. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• I also showed him the miniature, at which he gazed with visible but suppressed emotion Now," said I, in conclusion, "what do you think we should do What Weeum wished must be done," he replied simply but firmly You were fond of Weeum?" —  The Big Otter
• Beside her, in a miniature tub, her little daughter conducted a miniature washing The three travellers, looking over the bridge, could witness the operation without being themselves observed It is a lively process," remarked Lewis, as Madame seized a mass of linen with great vigour, and caused it to fall on the sloping plank with a sounding slap Madame was an exceedingly handsome and well-made woman, turned thirty, and much inclined to embonpoint_. —  Rivers of Ice
• On his ramble he fell in with a companion of about his own size, whose costume was that of a woman in miniature--namely, a short coat with a fully developed tail, which trailed on the ground with the approved fashionable swing. —  Red Rooney The Last of the Crew
• The day's trip was to be a return to Amsterdam, not with the object of reviving impressions of that city, but for the pleasure of the run through the River Vecht, which Alb praised as the prettiest stream in the Netherlands, and named a miniature Thames It was ten o'clock, and, as usual, we were timed to start at ten; but I did not consider it my place to ask the reason why, or any other question about starting. —  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon

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