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Definition of Cherishable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherishable
Literary usage of Cherishable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eternally Yours: Time in Design : Product, Value, Sustenanceby Ed van Hinte by Ed van Hinte (2004)
"He said that objects first become cherishable, after which they get nostalgic value.
Finally they end up being antiques. The problem we face today is that ..."
2. The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Walter Scott, William James Rolfe (1898)
"Albeit a waverer between heart and mind, And laurels won from sky or plucked from
blood, Which wither all the wreath when intertwined, This cherishable ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"No wonder, then, that men should find her thrice cherishable featureless, or with
the most moderate possible indication of a countenance. ..."
4. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"A dangerous man, Sir! for he tempteth us to love this life, and esteems it a
cherishable thing: yet, withal, one whom to know once is to desire ever. ..."
5. Old Junk by Henry Major Tomlinson (1920)
"I found Mr. Monk's barrel of soda quite a cherishable seat on a dull night, for
the grocer's lamp was then the centre of a very dark world. ..."
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