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"Tweak" Quotes from Famous Books

... that he was born in captivity; that from his earliest moment he has been the pet of her family; that he was, so to speak, raised with her and her brothers; that, as children, they often slept with him; and that he will follow those he loves like any dog, fight for them, protect them, let them tweak his ears and pull his tail without showing the slightest resentment, even though they may actually hurt him. Indeed, he is so general a favorite, Mr. Cleek, that there isn't an attendant connected with the show who would not, and, indeed, has not at some ...

— The Boy Scouts Book of Stories • Various

... porter, please, ma'am," he said giving Toinette's ear a mischievous tweak with his ...

— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various

... good-night, Mopsy," and with an affectionate tweak of his sisters' curls. King went away to his own room, and ...

— Marjorie's Maytime • Carolyn Wells

... at him, looked him up and down, looked at his ears, his eyes. He felt that in another second her little fingers would slip up and tweak the first, or close the second with a ...

— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Various

... Ouchily with a tweak of pain through his sprained back the Senior Surgeon sat suddenly down again. "I sha'n't get up till I'm good ...

— The White Linen Nurse • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Words linked to "Tweak" : pick off, draw off, squeeze, tweet, fine-tune, twinge, pull off, pull, pluck, tune up, nip, tune, draw, tweeze, draw away, twitch, squeezing, force