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Definition of Daltons
1. dalton [n] - See also: dalton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daltons
Literary usage of Daltons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. When Kansas was Young by Thomas Allen McNeal (1922)
"The Last Raid of the daltons One day in the late summer of the year 1907 I was
taking a plain and not very satisfactory ..."
2. The Life of Charles Lever by William John Fitzpatrick (1879)
"... Vice-Consul at Spezzia—" The daltons "—" Sir Jasper Carew " —Major D 's
recollections resumed—Objections to the three- volume novel—Comical speeches. ..."
3. Here and There in Two Hemispheres by James Duff Law (1903)
"A FAMOUS ANGLO-AMERICAN LANCASHIRE FAMILY: THE daltons OF THURN- HAM HILL. ...
Ye Englishe daltons ruled and reigned As Squires of ..."
4. Sutton-in-Holderness: The Manor, the Berewic, and the Village Community by Thomas Blashill (1896)
"The daltons of ... Their successors, the Dudleys, Greshams, and Stanhopes, with
other non-resident grantees or speculators in manors, and the daltons, ..."
5. Impressions of Europe, 1873-1874: Music, Art and History by Philo Adams Otis (1922)
"Charles Lever's story, "The daltons," 1 the scene laid in Baden- Baden, gives a
charming picture of life in that lovely resort during the reign of the ..."
6. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1892)
"THE daltons OF THURNHAM. By William Oliver Roper. Read 2Oth February, 1890.
SOME two miles to the west of the great north road, and rather more than double ..."
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