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Definition of Adonises
1. adonis [n] - See also: adonis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adonises
Literary usage of Adonises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"One would like to add the caution, for the benefit of those whose gardens are
infested by snails, that these and slugs are fond of these Adonises. ..."
2. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"... and Adonises, making love and getting drunk in many-hned frescoes on the walls
of saloon and bed-chamber; and there are the narrow streets and narrower ..."
3. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"... is exclusively devoted to the Venuses, — poor creatures! why not have a few
Adonises?" — which is precisely what a lively observer would wish to ask. ..."
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