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Definition of Coveters
1. coveter [n] - See also: coveter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coveters
Literary usage of Coveters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"... be " respectable ;" reckless contenders for power, insatiable coveters of
riches, are not only sometimes, but always, " dangerous."—ED. ..."
2. House & Garden (1905)
"Much of the old furniture has gone to swell the collections of importunate coveters
of antiquities. The rooms are low. Great beams and joists run along the ..."
3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"But what! are you not false witness bearers that call yourselves ministers of
the gospel ? and coveters after other men's goods, houses, &c. ..."
4. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"But what! are you not false witness bearers that call yourselves ministers of
the gospel ? and coveters after other men's goods, houses, &c. ..."
5. The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable (1908)
"... governor and princely Irishman whose one act of summary vengeance upon a few
insurgent office-coveters has branded him in history as Cruel O'Reilly. ..."
6. The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus by Frederick York Powell, Saxo (1905)
"be sac i, -bcw often coveters of other men's goods jcse tbeir cwn. He who snatches
at both has eft IKE bcch. ..."
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