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Definition of Beaver away
1. Verb. Work hard on something.
Definition of Beaver away
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To busily undertake a large task. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beaver Away
Literary usage of Beaver away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"They might have driven the beaver away, were they injuring their property.
The prohibition against disturbing dams or houses built, on or adjoining ..."
2. Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus Macmillan (1920)
"... COUNTRY At last he could be patient with them no longer, and he resolved to
drive beaver away. One day when Beaver watched him from a distance, ..."
3. The Fur Hunters of the Far West: A Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and by Alexander Ross (1855)
"Taking the beaver away with us, and leaving instead articles of more value to
them, we returned to our camp, having seen but few beaver on our trip; ..."
4. The Romance of the Animal World: Interesting Descriptions of the Strange by Edmund Selous (1905)
"... and would, no doubt, hail a beaver, away from his lodge, with delight, and
hasten to supply his temporary want, with an interior chamber of their own. ..."
5. An Industrial History of the American People by Joseph Roswell Hawley Moore (1913)
"... the governor of New York complained to the government at home that the people
of Pennsylvania were getting so much beaver away from the New York traders ..."
6. The Proceedings and Addresses at the Freethinkers' Convention Held at by New York Freethinker's Association (1878)
"When Buffon took his beaver away from his environment and put him in a room, he
found him taking chairs, stools, clothes, and blankets, and making a dam in ..."
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