Definition of Derries

1. derry [n] - See also: derry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Derries

deros
derotation
derotational
derotations
derotator
derotators
derotremata
derp
derrick
derricked
derrickman
derrickmen
derricks
derriere
derrieres
derries (current term)
derriksite
derring
derring-do
derring-doery
derringer
derringers
derris
derris root
derrises
derro
derros
derry
derth
derths

Literary usage of Derries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Irish Jurist (1852)
"son named Daly should receive the profits of the derries, and hand them over ... 1830, he, Daly, had received the profils of the derries, as evidence to go ..."

2. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"As I went to derries Faire, there was I ware of a jolly begger, Mistris Annis M. Thomas, under a tree mending ..."

3. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1842)
"As I went to derries Faire, there was I ware of a jolly begger, Mistris Annis M. Thomas, under a tree mending ..."

4. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"Umbrella and fancy ginghams; handkerchief«; and woollen derries. 5 AULD, BERBIE. ... Ginghams, elan tartans, and cotton galas, and Hungarians and derries, ..."

5. Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and by Ireland High Court of Chancery, Ireland Rolls Court (1864)
"... and derries, which accrued prior to the 14th of August 1855, the same accrued more than six years before the enrolment, in the Court of Chancery, ..."

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