"Uppish" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... any harm. If he or his men get uppish, the worse for them. Cordts gave his word not to turn a trick ...
— Wildfire • Zane Grey
... seem to relish the joke, but it certainly had the wholesome effect of taking him down a peg, and rendering him a little less uppish and dictatorial for the remainder ...
— Soldiers of the Queen • Harold Avery
... left neither boy much pleased with the other. Herbert foresaw that Eustace was likely to be uppish and cheeky, and would want keeping in his place. Eustace thought Herbert gave himself airs, and more than justified the criticism he had long accorded his portrait. He did not look it in real life, for Herbert was manly and unaffected in appearance. "All ...
— Queensland Cousins • Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
... Jacob, at your mistake—it is, and it is not. Had they been twins, they could not have been more alike. Godfrey, to be sure, has a haughty uppish look, which this child has not. But what do you think of our ...
— Mark Hurdlestone - Or, The Two Brothers • Susanna Moodie |
