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Definition of Fenlands
1. fenland [n] - See also: fenland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fenlands
Literary usage of Fenlands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1879)
"... yet I venture to think that the English fenlands on their part have a story
of much enterprise to tell, although, happily, that enterprise has been more ..."
2. The Englishman at Home: His Responsibilities and Privileges by Edward Porritt (1893)
"Peasant Proprietors of the fenlands. — Game Laws. — Privileges attaching to Large
Estates. — Voting with the Landlord. — Decline of Landlords' Power in ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1910)
"Marriages. v. I, pp. 129-143. London, 1907. 8°.) ARX fenlands. ... Grover (J.
\V.) Ancient reclamations in the English fenlands. I pi. (Jour. ..."
4. American Literature, 1607-1885 by Charles Francis Richardson (1893)
"From the land of the Dacotahs, From the mountains, moors, and fenlands, ...
"All the wild-fowl sang them to him, In the moorlands and the fenlands, ..."
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