"Toothbrush" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... For four years no woman in the South had possessed a new gown, or new handkerchiefs, or a new toothbrush, or a new set of window curtains, or a new comb, or new linen for her beds, or new shoes of other than plantation make, or a new ribbon or bit of lace, or anything else new. Now that the northern market was open for the ...
— A Captain in the Ranks - A Romance of Affairs • George Cary Eggleston
... their kepis surmounted by towering ostrich plumes, came a long procession of the great dignitaries of the household—the royal betel-box bearer, the royal cuspidor-carrier, and others bearing on scarlet cushions the royal toothpicks, the royal toothbrush, the royal toilet set, and the royal mirror, all of gold set with jewels. The mothers of the brides, painted like courtesans and hung with jewels, were borne by in sedan-chairs, in which they sat cross-legged on silken cushions. Then, after a dramatic pause, their approach ...
— Where the Strange Trails Go Down • E. Alexander Powell
... git his clothes. Eferysing goes in—stofepipe hat, butterfly necktie, diamond pin, toothbrush, ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) • Various
... rather white at that, and Charlie Sands coming down at that moment with a pair of red-and-white pajamas under his arm and a toothbrush sticking out of his breast pocket, romance, as Jasper said later in referring to it, ...
— Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... theatres, electric light, cabs, manicures, dogs, cats, canary birds, hotels, barber shops, candy stores, hats, umbrellas, bakeries, cakeries, steakeries, shops,—you can't think of a thing that the city don't own. No more private ownership of anything from a toothbrush to a yacht, and the result ...
— Alice in Blunderland - An Iridescent Dream • John Kendrick Bangs
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