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Definition of Brattles
1. brattle [v] - See also: brattle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brattles
Literary usage of Brattles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1897)
"There and the brattles. was a supply of carrots and turnips, The reader curious
about such apples, oranges, and cherries, but of details of ancient manners ..."
2. An Autobiography by Anthony Trollope (1883)
"As regards all the brattles, the story is, I think, well told. ... But I have
forgotten nothing that was done or said by any of the brattles. ..."
3. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"The Mathers were quite right in thinking that the brattles and their friends
aimed a blow at the vitals of the church. On the £th of January, |*g, ..."
4. Suffolk Deeds: Liber -I-II [1629-56]. by Suffolk County (Mass.), John Tyler Hassam (1906)
"... of Land Scituate lying and being in brattles Close soe called nigh unto the
head of the Towne Dock in Boston afores'1. being butted and bounded Westerly ..."
5. New France and New England by John Fiske (1904)
"Had the old state of things continued in 1699, there can be little doubt that
Leverett, Col- man, and the two brattles would either have been expelled ..."
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