2. Verb. (third-person singular of hint) ¹
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Definition of Hints
1. hint [v] - See also: hint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hints
Literary usage of Hints
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain by Samuel Halkett, John Laing (1883)
"[By hints on the formation and management of Sunday schools. ... hints on the
principles of a constitutional police, in observations on " A letter to the ..."
2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"hints FOR BOOKS WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN. 1855-1865. Book of MS. ... In it were put
down any hints or suggestions that occurred to him. ..."
3. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1859)
"It is an original memorandum of Dr. Johnson's, of hints for the Life of Pope,
... I once thought of accompanying these hints by the amplified and finished ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1877)
"hints ON SUMMER READING. " WHERE shall we go ?" is the chief problem of existence,
as existence presents itself in these days when no one dares to look the ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"It was through his writings alone that he wished all biographical hints to be
made accessible to the great reading public, and so left it on record that no ..."
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