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stocks
a collection of sheaves of corn, being ten, set up together, and covered by two. N. Called also thra...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Anstey, Christopher
(1724-1805) Poet, s. of Dr. A., a wealthy clergyman, rector of Brinkley, Cambridgeshire, was ed. at...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Marlowe, Christopher
(1564-1593) Dramatist, s. of a shoemaker at Canterbury, where he was b., was ed. at the King's Scho...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Smart, Christopher
(1722-1771) Poet, s. of the steward to Lord Vane, was b. at Shipbourne, Kent, and by the bounty of ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wordsworth, Christopher
1) (1774-1846) Biographer, etc., was a younger brother of the poet, ed. at Camb., took orders, and ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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stocks-man
n. an unusual form for Stock-man (q.v.). 1862. F. J. Jobson, `Australia,' c. vi. p. 145: «We saw ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fancy stocks
A species of stocks which are bought and sold to a great extent in New York. Unlike articles of merc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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le-ach
hard work, which causes le-ache in the workmen's joints, frequently used by the northern miners. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Benson, Arthur Christopher
(b. 1862) Poet, biographer and miscellaneous writer. Poems (1893), Lyrics (1895), The Professor and...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Le Gallienne, Richard
(b. 1866) Novelist and poet. Volumes in Folio (1888), The Religion of a Literary Man (1893), Quest ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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beech-le-mar
(Fr. biche de mer.) A kind of slug taken on the coast of some of the South sea islands, where it is ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
(1814-1873) Novelist, s. of a Dean of the Episcopal Church of Ireland, and grand-nephew of Richard ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin