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Definition of Charlies
1. charlie [n] - See also: charlie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charlies
Literary usage of Charlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... Paphia et charlies tribuere decorum; but do other men affirm as much ? or is
it an error in his judgment ? ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1908)
"These are figured herewith, and may be taken as typical " Billys and charlies,"
though in addition there were bishops on horseback, spear-heads, daggers, ..."
3. Bench and Bar: Reminiscences of One of the Last of an Ancient Race by Benjamin Coulson Robinson (1891)
"... Caroline—Her Funeral—Canning—The Masses and the Classes—Socialism —Before the
Days of Railways—Slow Travelling—The ' Old charlies'—Hackney Coaches—The ..."
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