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- adjective
comparative form ofspruce : morespruce
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Examples
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The sun that rose on the next day but one, had never beheld a sprucer personage on the outside of the Norwood stage, than Mr. Watkins Tottle; and when the coach drew up before a cardboard – looking house with disguised chimneys, and a lawn like a large sheet of green letter – paper, he certainly had never lighted to his place of destination a gentleman who felt more uncomfortable.
Sketches by Boz 2007
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And for this he would have to be a sprucer and more attractive man externally to match up with Marion.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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And for this he would have to be a sprucer and more attractive man externally to match up with Marion.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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In its whole constitution it had not a straight floor, and hardly a straight line; but it had outlasted, and clearly would yet outlast, many a better-trimmed building, many a sprucer publichouse.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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His sprucer, dark-haired adversary was also in jeans, but a snugly fitting pair of denims which looked smart and suitable with a
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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We made ourselves a little sprucer than usual, as we wished to do credit to our own world; and M'Allister wore his overalls to protect his clothes, although our machinery was not nearly so messy to handle as steam-engines usually are.
To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
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You have impelled grocers to ludicrous pitches of absurdity; you have driven the wife of a working-man to distraction because her neighbour's front room possesses a more expensive carpet, of a sprucer pattern than her own.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 Various
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The storekeeper, much sprucer in dress than heretofore, smiled and nodded to her over the bridge of his violin.
How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long
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Day -- though younger and sprucer -- to be identified as Janice's father.
The Mission of Janice Day Helen Beecher Long
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There was dear old Ralph, looking quite ordinary and matter-of-fact, only rather sprucer than usual in his brand-new wedding garments.
The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler
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