Littery

The subjoined will show the style of the "littery" footman, who, as a critic, "sumtimes gave kissis, sumtimes kix": ❋ Various (N/A)

'littery' tastes and began writing an historical play! ❋ Ada Leverson (1897)

Fitzroy Y-ll-wpl-sh is short of money, or that the sallybrated hauthor of the Y — — Papers is in peskewniary difficklties, or is fiteagued by his superhuman littery labors, or by his famly suckmstansies, or by any other pusnal matter: my maxim, dear B, is on these pints to be as quiet as posbile. ❋ Unknown (2006)

For shame, Barnet! what ninnis, what hartless raskles, you must beleave them to be, — in the fust plase, to fancy that you are a politticle genus; in the secknd, to let your politix interfear with their notiums about littery merits! ❋ Unknown (2006)

Suffiz to say that the two littery genlmn behaved very well, and seamed to have good appytights; igspecially the little Irishman in the whig, who et, drunk, and talked as much as a duzn. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Us littery men I take to be like a pack of schoolboys — childish, greedy, envius, holding by our friends, and always ready to fight. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This kind of flumry style comes, you see, of reading novvles, and cultivating littery purshuits in a small way. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But the vices of the company went against the two littery men, and everybody excep them was for having up poor me. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The three “littery people” got to drinking, and “swelling” around the cabin, striking attitudes and before long produced a greasy deck of cards and played euchre “at ten cents a corner—on trust.” ❋ Ron Powers (2005)

(Were he inclined-and he decidedly was not-he probably could have drawn several parallels between his passage through life and the careening of his unlikely little boats through the market's littery channels.) ❋ Robbins, Tom (2000)

It was not in reason, Mrs. Jordan thought, that a young littery lady should keep that close, for Elfrida's custom of having her breakfast deposited outside her door was as invariable as it was perplexing. ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)

If the bed is rather cold put a layer of clean, dry hay next the bed, and on top of this replace the littery covering. ❋ William Falconer (N/A)

I told 'em all about you ... you bein 'Irish an' littery an 'never' avin 'been to the Zoo or anythink. ❋ St. John G. Ervine (1927)

If you've got anything to say to a music-hall audience, don't waste time in being littery or anything like that. ❋ St. John G. Ervine (1927)

That's where I first got my grouch on them, and I've never really got over it; and coming here to-night and hearing the littery talk I've been thinking how these authors have a sort of an admiration trust. ❋ Sinclair Lewis (1918)

Now I don't want to sass such famous littery people, but you see they kind of forced me. ❋ Unknown (1910)

You see it sort of riled me-I warn't used to the ways of littery swells. ❋ Unknown (1910)

He answered, 'The fourth littery man that has been here in twenty-four hours. ❋ Unknown (1910)