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There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

Ignoring Gusterson's shiver, Fay straightened up and seemed to brisken himself.

The Creature from Cleveland Depths Fritz Leiber 1951

I know that, when I was there, the view from the first rise back of the grounds, looking down upon that long flat where men by thousands were toiling, and building after building was rising, made a picture sufficiently inspiring to warm the enthusiasm and brisken the imagination of any man, be he alien or native.

Roughing it De Luxe John T. McCutcheon 1910

"Land, no! You don't suppose we'd go to work and bother to brisken things up fer that old gentleman, do you?"

The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907

But now at last has Christmas come, And little Jack, who beats the drum, Cries round the hamlet, with his beaming face: "Come brisken up, you maidens fair, A merry busking [4] shall take place On Friday, first night of the year!"

Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1891

There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884

There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872

There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 26 to 30 Mark Twain 1872