"Sonia wants pomatum too," he said as he walked along the street, and he laughed malignantly--"such
smartness costs money.
The former, he noticed was very much in want of cleaning, and for a doctor's residence there was a certain lack of
smartness about the house and its appointments which betokened a limited practice.
She was dressed with exceeding
smartness and wore several bangle bracelets that glittered and rattled and tinkled with every movement of her hands.
But the air of
smartness, the cock of the hat to which John Willet had objected, and the spring nosegay, all betokened some little errand of his own, having a more interesting object than a vintner or even a locksmith.
But they were overcome by unutterable amazement when Mr Pancks, going close up to the most venerable of men and halting in front of the bottle-green waistcoat, made a trigger of his right thumb and forefinger, applied the same to the brim of the broad-brimmed hat, and, with singular
smartness and precision, shot it off the polished head as if it had been a large marble.
Their escort did not halt, however, but pushed on, followed by a great crowd of Mormons, until they reached a waggon, which was conspicuous for its great size and for the gaudiness and
smartness of its appearance.
I think you'll have to take off a couple of hundred for his
smartness."
But, don't you know, there are some things that can beat
smartness and foresight?
"At any rate," said Sancho, "your worship knew how to hit the right point with your pike, aiming at my head and hitting me on the shoulders, thanks be to God and my own
smartness in dodging it.
His one concession to
smartness was to abandon his traditional leather jacket in favour of a black, single button blazer.
Clearly it has a long way to go and needs all the culture it can get, judging from a recent survey which placed it bottom of a list of 26 UK cities for "
smartness".
The Design philosophy for this car was 'seductive
smartness'' - making the Mazda5 alluring and tempting.
"If we can improve our
smartness around the breakdown that should stand us in good stead."
Young people are too often maligned for their dress sense, but students from Richmond School were commended for their
smartness by an official at Lloyds of London.
