All 12 Uses of
specimen
in
The Power and the Glory by Cooke
- Not often in her eighteen summers had she found so fine a specimen.†
Chpt 2
- I'd like to get hold of a good specimen.†
Chpt 5
- She's rather an extraordinary specimen.†
Chpt 6
- She was glad they were such fine specimens—all perfect.†
Chpt 7 *
- I've got my specimens in this here bandanner," he explained quaveringly.†
Chpt 12
- But the ore specimens, they're right here in the bandanner, and I aimed to give 'em to Johnnie—to put 'em right in her lap—the best gal that ever was—and say to her, 'Here's your silver mine, honey, that your good-for-nothin' old uncle found for ye; now you can live like a lady!'†
Chpt 12
- The specimens clattered and rolled on the porch floor.†
Chpt 12
- The two men squatted on the floor, tallying over the specimens they had already collected, and looking about them for more.†
Chpt 12
- Whirling upon his adversary, he grappled him in his long arms, hugging like a grizzly, and shouting: "You, Gid Himes, wha'r's my specimens?"†
Chpt 22
- You an' Shade Buckheath—you p'ar o' scoundrels—give me back my silver specimens!†
Chpt 22
- They did get your specimens; but we can fix all that; there's a worse thing happened now.†
Chpt 23
- Hit was August—but—O-o-h, hot enough to fry eggs on a shingle, the day I tramped down to Cottonville with them specimens; and here it is"—he threw up his head and took a comprehensive survey of the grove about him—"airly spring—March, I should say—ain't it, Johnnie?†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(specimen) an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes