Citations:Shakerish

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English citations of Shakerish

  • 1875, Edward King, The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri Etc, page 209:
    [A] Shakerish costume which defied criticism. A poke-bonnet nearly concealed their features, and a stiff, heavy robe fell down to the ankles, while a shawl was decorously draped about the shoulders.
  • 1994 July 25, Walter Kirn, “Books: The Birdman of Witless Bay”, in New York, volume 27, number 29, page 57:
    The prose is simulated-old-fashioned, with a Shakerish, vaguely carpentered air: “I am a bird artist, and have more or less made a living at it. Yet I murdered the lighthouse keeper, Botho August, and that is an equal part of how I think of myself.”
  • 1995 October 9, Bob Ickes, “Planet Rockwell”, in New York, volume 28, number 40, page 62:
    He is, after all, reconfiguring the retail concourses of Grand Central Terminal, in a “tribute” to the golden age of big-city transportation. He has designed two subtle, Shakerish boutiques for Morgenthal-Frederics, the hipster Madison Avenue optician. It's just that he has also crafted 27 Planet Hollywoods worldwide.
  • 2008 April 3, Alex Morris, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, Robin Halstead, More Bollocks to Alton Towers, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
    [The] Shakerish simplicity of this room can be quite affecting, stripped of all set-dressing bar a wooden crucifix.