To-night, however, I sat Terry down at the end of the table and third degreed him to the queen's taste.
"The Prairie Wife"
Arthur Stringer
Clayton had taken the first train for Chicago; but not before Podmore had third-degreed him into abject fear.
"Every Man for Himself"
Hopkins Moorhouse
But this to such as will come up to her price, and can make an appearance like quality themselves on the occasion: for the reputation of persons of birth must not lie at the mercy of every under-degreed sinner.
"Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) History Of A Young Lady"
Samuel Richardson