Both Uses of
curt
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other consideration that we both burst out into a roar of laughter.†
Chpt 2
- Two days later—that is, on Wednesday last—there is a curt announcement that the wedding had taken place, and that the honeymoon would be passed at Lord Backwater's place, near Petersfield.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(curt) brief to the point of rudeness