Lexicographical Neighbors of Bittocks
Literary usage of Bittocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Highlands of Central India: Notes on Their Forests and Wild Tribes by James Forsyth (1920)
"... 2 " bittocks " = coss, 12 coss = 1 day's march; which seems to be about thirty
miles. ..."
2. Glimpses of Spain; Or, Notes of an Unfinished Tour in 1847 by Severn Teackle Wallis (1849)
"... that Spanish leagues are as indefinite, in length, as Scottish "bittocks."
They range, at discretion, from four miles to two. ..."
3. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1868)
"Also the Further Humber Dale, the Nearer Humber Dale, and the Little Humber Dale.
Also the bittocks, the Selik, the Little Skaith, the Little Humber Dale, ..."
4. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1867)
"... the Further Humber Dale, and the Near Humber Dale. Also the Further Humber
Dale, the Nearer Humber Dale, and the Little Humber Dale. Also the bittocks ..."
5. Latest Information from the Settlement of New Plymouth, on the Coast of by New Zealand Company (1842)
"The best tool for clearing the fern-root is what our labourers call 'bittocks,'
or 'mattocks,' similar to those sent out under the name of 'potatoe-axes. ..."
6. The Highlands of Central India: Notes on Their Forests and Wild Tribes by James Forsyth (1920)
"... 2 " bittocks " = coss, 12 coss = 1 day's march; which seems to be about thirty
miles. ..."
7. Glimpses of Spain; Or, Notes of an Unfinished Tour in 1847 by Severn Teackle Wallis (1849)
"... that Spanish leagues are as indefinite, in length, as Scottish "bittocks."
They range, at discretion, from four miles to two. ..."
8. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1868)
"Also the Further Humber Dale, the Nearer Humber Dale, and the Little Humber Dale.
Also the bittocks, the Selik, the Little Skaith, the Little Humber Dale, ..."
9. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1867)
"... the Further Humber Dale, and the Near Humber Dale. Also the Further Humber
Dale, the Nearer Humber Dale, and the Little Humber Dale. Also the bittocks ..."
10. Latest Information from the Settlement of New Plymouth, on the Coast of by New Zealand Company (1842)
"The best tool for clearing the fern-root is what our labourers call 'bittocks,'
or 'mattocks,' similar to those sent out under the name of 'potatoe-axes. ..."
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