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Definition of Catchalls
1. catchall [n] - See also: catchall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchalls
Literary usage of Catchalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook in the Principles of Science Teaching by George Ransom Twiss (1917)
"... very deep are usually of little use on account of the difficulty in opening
and closing them, and their tendency to become catchalls for useless junk. ..."
2. Parisian Sights and French Principles, Seen Through American Spectacles by James Jackson Jarves (1855)
"Those catchalls of human vanity, the magazine of the debris of fashion, luxury,
arts, and folly, the " bric-a-brac''9 shops, are numerous. ..."
3. Culture, Discipline and Democracy by Albert Duncan Yocum (1913)
"... and the sucklings of self-activity are formed and held in children's minds by
all sorts of inconceivable and kaleidoscopic catchalls and garden spots, ..."
4. Art Recreations: Being a Complete Guide to Pencil Drawing, Oil Painting by Levina Buoncuore Urbino, Henry Day (1863)
"A person of taste can make many very pretty things by arranging the seeds and
varying the beads. Try it for bags, mats, catchalls, baskets, plates, ..."
5. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1907)
"Corners which were formerly catchalls for leaves and other litter are now filled
with something green and bright. Modest design effects are used in some ..."
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