propt

It took the HUAC to propt me to look up the term in my 1944 encyclopaedia.

In Memoriam of the Warrior-Brother Fallen 2009

When hunger sated was, I elbow-propt fell back upon

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Barmecide and Abu Nowas, into the desert, where they fell in with an old man, propt against his ass.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Meanwhile, Miriam returned forthright to her private apartment, where she found the one-eyed Wazir seated, elbow-propt upon a cushion stuffed with ostrich-down; but he was ashamed to put forth his hand to her or to bespeak her.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

As of old, Sparta and Athens could not coalesce, and therefore after weakening one another they ill - resisted Philip, and were overpowered by Alexander armed from Macedonia and Thrace, and under-propt by gold from Asia; so now the little States --

Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking

With folded arms, propt back and outstretched knees;

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Was timmer-propt for thrawin ': [against leaning over]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

Brontë's study, and behind it the kitchen, where the sisters read with their books propt on the table before them while they worked, and where

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885

It is still vigorous, tho carefully propt up and mounded around, and its aged trunk is sheathed with lead.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885

As sooin as they fun it aght they varry quitely tuk th 'horse aght o'th' shafts an 'turned it into a field cloise by, an' lifted th 'gate off th' hinges an 'propt it up between th' shafts asteead o'th 'horse, an' hung th 'harness ovver it; then they teed th' appron strings fast soa as he could'nt get off his seeat, an 'waited wol he wakkened agean.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877