In this press, the papers in a long,
long suit, which accumulated for years, were deposited.
Upon what I said in relation to our courts of justice, his majesty desired to be satisfied in several points: and this I was the better able to do, having been formerly almost ruined by a
long suit in chancery, which was decreed for me with costs.
Simpson spent little time with his family, owing to certain awkward methods of horse-trading, or the "swapping" of farm implements and vehicles of various kinds,-- operations in which his customers were never
long suited. After every successful trade he generally passed a longer or shorter term in jail; for when a poor man without goods or chattels has the inveterate habit of swapping, it follows naturally that he must have something to swap; and having nothing of his own, it follows still more naturally that he must swap something belonging to his neighbors.
The Browning Hi Power always had a solid rep for reliability, but accuracy was not its
long suit, so we went to the bench with the improved Nighthawk version.
"Leonid McGill shows a reasonably deft hand at solving the load of mysteries that come at him in the new book, but vigour is clearly his
long suit, the quality that makes him such a weirdly entertaining character." JACK BATTEN
Close ties aren't your
long suit these days, yet you are getting along better than ever with your boss or someone connected with work.
Dignity ain't our
long suit in 21st-century American politics or, for that matter, 21st-century anything else.
Wearing a blackish grey shirwani - a
long suit worn by grooms in Pakistan-Younis smiled all down the runway in his first-ever appearance in a fashion show in Karachi on Saturday, while Gul wore an off-white shirwani, thenews.com.pk reported.
Of course, criminals being criminals, any ethical sine qua non is not exactly playing to a
long suit. [paragraph] In the corporate sphere, price-fixing is the apex of criminal collusion--an unambiguous, egregious offense, and one that requires all participants to keep mum.
The notion that Chinese White would be well suited by 1m4f did not just stem from the record of her sire; her dam Chiang Mai, successful up to 1m3f, clearly stayed the trip when tried at just under 2m, and stamina seemed to represent her
long suit. But pedigree can only ever offer a rough-and-ready guide to what may be in the genes and it is only the individual that can tell the tale.
There's no doubt cell phones and other mobile devices have chipped away at newspapers' strength, but portable news has never been newspapers'
long suit.
They are incredible animals, but judgment does not seem to be their
long suit. They are task-driven to the extreme, kinda like me.
long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cards
long suit - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"