Cocking
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He stalked gravely to the coach door, pulled off his hat, and held it above his head at arm's length,
cocking
his little finger in the air at the same time, as some affected people do, when they take a cup of tea.
More example sentences with word cocking
He was
cocking
up his grey moustaches at either end and curling them into his eyes, and strutting out with his sound leg as proud as a piper.
A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by
cocking
a rifle.
"Planchet," said d’Artagnan,
cocking
his pistols, "I will take charge of the one at the top; you look to the one below.
Listen, they're coming!'Levin almost shouted,
cocking
his gun.
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