To the great relief of Mrs. Sanders, Sam was allowed to depart without any reference, on the part of the hostess, to the pettitoes and toasted cheese; to which the ladies, with such juvenile assistance as Master ❋ Unknown (2007)
Suffice it, as a specimen, that three pettitoes of an unfortunate roasting-pig, or rather pigling, which I fear must have died a natural death, formed the most substantial part of our repast. ❋ John Hughes (N/A)
It is a most unworthy thing for men that have bones in them to spend their lives in making fiddle-cases for futilous women's fancies; which are the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys .... ❋ Carl Holliday (N/A)
There, negroes and negresses break it up with long poles armed with hard-wood head, trampling it under their delicate pettitoes to such an extent as to give rise to the question whether sugar-tongs are not a useless invention. ❋ Henry A. Murray (N/A)
_ _My clown_ (who wants but something to be a reasonable man) grew so in love with the wenches '_song_, that he would not stir his pettitoes, _till he had both tune and words_. ❋ Unknown (1900)
Next, he calls the women's tailor-made gowns "the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys." ❋ Reuben Post Halleck (1897)
At mother Louis ', whilst they sucked the little bones of the pettitoes, they again fell to abusing the employers. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)
Drink-without-Thirst, was no doubt in want of some pettitoes. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)
Pieds de cochon à la Sainte Menehould, pig's pettitoes seasoned, ❋ Unknown (1867)
Put the liver, heart, and pettitoes into a stewpan with the bacon, mace, peppercorns, thyme, onion, and gravy, and simmer these gently for 1/4 hour; then take out the heart and liver, and mince them very fine. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)
Mr. Crackenthorp, too, while he admonished Silas that his money had probably been taken from him because he thought too much of it and never came to church, enforced the doctrine by a present of pigs 'pettitoes, well calculated to dissipate unfounded prejudices against the clerical character. ❋ Unknown (1861)
We can send black puddings and pettitoes without giving them a flavor of our own egoism; but language is a stream that is almost sure to smack of a mingled soil. ❋ Unknown (1861)
We can send black puddings and pettitoes without giving them a flavour of our own egoism; but language is a stream that is almost sure to smack of a mingled soil. ❋ George Eliot (1849)
To the great relief of Mrs. Sanders, Sam was allowed to depart without any reference, on the part of the hostess, to the pettitoes and toasted cheese; to which the ladies, with such juvenile assistance as ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
The two caps, reflected on the window-blind, were the respective head-dresses of a couple of Mrs. Bardell's most particular acquaintance, who had just stepped in, to have a quiet cup of tea, and a little warm supper of a couple of sets of pettitoes and some toasted cheese. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
Dutch oven before the fire; the pettitoes were getting on deliciously in ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
'Certainly not,' chimed in Mrs. Sanders, who, from certain wistful glances at the little tin saucepan, seemed to be engaged in a mental calculation of the probable extent of the pettitoes, in the event of ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
