shirt-cuff

With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.

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With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.

Opium Dens and Opium Usage in Victorian England 2009

When that star up there went out billions of years hence, and hung cold and lightless, would He note it on his shirt-cuff?

Maid in Waiting 2004

_Podb. _ (_confidently, having noted down the name at the Accademia on his shirt-cuff_).

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892 Various

Well, let me calculate roughly -- taking the population of London at four millions, and the average daily consumption for each individual at -- no, I can't work it out with sufficient accuracy while I am dancing; suppose we sit down, and I'll do it for you on my shirt-cuff -- oh, very well; then I'll work it out when I get home, and send you the result to-morrow, if you will allow me.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890 Various

Themar, the Baron's Houdanian valet, was intently transcribing upon his shirt-cuff, the contents of a paper which lay uppermost in the drawer of a small portable desk.

Diane of the Green Van Leona Dalrymple

She told him the number and street of Mrs. Meecher's boarding-house, and he wrote them down reverently on his shirt-cuff.

The Adventures of Sally 1928

He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent - minded fashion.

The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent - minded fashion.

The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

He scribbled the appointment on his shirt-cuff and hurried off in his strange, peering, absent - minded fashion.

The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926