When Cotterill caught sight of Denry he straightened himself into a certain uneasy perkiness.
"The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns"
Arnold Bennett
She strained up her hair into the latest perkiness of twist, and crimped it, and curled her feathers, and tied her ribbons not as much in hope as in a stern determination to do her part towards the furbishing of her faded star of attraction.
"The Portion of Labor"
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Barney Bill cocked his white poll across the table with the perkiness of a quaint bird-Paul saw that the years had brought a striation of tiny red filaments to his weather-beaten face-and fixed her with his little glittering eyes.
"The Fortunate Youth"
William J. Locke