I had known him long enough to laugh at the old-maidish fixed order of incompatibilities that he mistook for a well-regulated life. [Please select]
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His broad shoulders and hearty laughter were oddly out of place among our faded, old-maidish furnishings. [Please select]
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"What licks me," said I, "is the difference between this and the old-maidish tidiness of his other papers." [Please select]
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Sartoris listened interestedly when Rachael talked of Greg, of his likes, his dislikes, his favorite words, his old-maidish way of arranging his ties, his marvellous latest operation. [Please select]
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This is just another of your motherly, old-maidish ways; dressing dolls for poor children, making bonnets, and knitting socks for all the little dirty babies in the neighborhood. [Please select]
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