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Definition of Heronsews
1. heronsew [n] - See also: heronsew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heronsews
Literary usage of Heronsews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"'s time, we find heronsews noted at the same price, and at another marriage-feast in
... the pheasants appear to have cost somewhat more than the heronsews, ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"heronsews and swans (which still continued to be fashionable dishes), march-panes,
fruit and bucks, were frequently among the presents made to Sir Edward ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"... at Lammas assizes, in the twentieth year of the reign of king Henry VIII., the
pheasants appear to have cost somewhat more than the heronsews, ..."
4. The Veto Power of the Governor of Illinois by Niels Henriksen Debel (1917)
"young ducks, one crane, twenty-eight heronsews, one hundred and ten bittern,
twelve shovelers, one hundred and ..."
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