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  • Mr. Squeers had dismounted, and after ordering the boy, whom he called Smike, to see to the pony, and to take care that he hadn't any more corn that night, he told Nicholas to wait at the front door a minute, while he went round and let him in.

    Ten Boys from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser 1903

  • The owner of Londel’s restaurant, Londel Davis, is in Smike’s court, Basil Smikle is the best man for the job the same way that Barack Obama is the best man for the job.

    Smikle’s Ride To State Senator « 2010

  • BROO'KER, the man who stole the son of Ralph Nickleby out of revenge, called him "Smike," and put him to school at Dotheboy's Hall,

    Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

  • When compared to that vista of the soul and the intellect, why trouble even with the creator of Rebecca Sharp, let alone with the man who left us the mawkish figures of Smike and Oliver and Little Nell, to say nothing of the grisly inheritance that is the modern version of Christmas?

    The Dark Side of Dickens 2010

  • When compared to that vista of the soul and the intellect, why trouble even with the creator of Rebecca Sharp, let alone with the man who left us the mawkish figures of Smike and Oliver and Little Nell, to say nothing of the grisly inheritance that is the modern version of Christmas?

    The Dark Side of Dickens 2010

  • I stand aside Smike and a few other people on this message board.

    George Lucas Talks STAR WARS with Jon Stewart on THE DAILY SHOW – Collider.com 2010

  • Threlfall, who already had a reputation as a great actor after television roles such as Leslie Titmuss, the unappealing MP in John Mortimer's Paradise Postponed, and who had enjoyed a theatrical career that started with the role of Smike the foundling in Trevor Nunn's epic staging of Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, is now ingrained in mainstream popular culture after eight series playing Frank.

    How Shameless stars came of age on West End stage 2011

  • When compared to that vista of the soul and the intellect, why trouble even with the creator of Rebecca Sharp, let alone with the man who left us the mawkish figures of Smike and Oliver and Little Nell, to say nothing of the grisly inheritance that is the modern version of Christmas?

    The Dark Side of Dickens 2010

  • When compared to that vista of the soul and the intellect, why trouble even with the creator of Rebecca Sharp, let alone with the man who left us the mawkish figures of Smike and Oliver and Little Nell, to say nothing of the grisly inheritance that is the modern version of Christmas?

    The Dark Side of Dickens 2010

  • When young Teddy Roosevelt's growth spurt caused his wrists and ankles to protrude from his suit, his family called it his "" Smike suit. ''

    Tom Wolfe's Rooftop Yawp 2008

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