Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurlies
Literary usage of Hurlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lismore Papers of Richard Boyle, First and "Great" Earl of Cork by Richard Boyle Cork, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1886)
"... and the o hurlies that pretended a possession and ... and haue made three
severall leases for two lives a peec, to Sixe of the hurlies, reserving vppon ..."
2. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"They threw their three times fifty hurlies at his head ; but he raised his single
pleasure-hurl, and warded off the three times fifty ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1853)
"Soon, however, sticks, hurlies, spades, and feet were at work, and thousands of
the vermin were left sprawling and crushed on the field of battle. ..."
4. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"... being chosen for each side, they are arranged (usually barefoot) in two opposing
ranks, with their hurlies crossed, to await the tossing up of the ball, ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"... trundle-bed ; a bed set on hurlies or wheels and pushed under another : also
called a whirly-oed. In the hontes of the working-classes the hurly-hnl is ..."
6. Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 by Thomas Carlyle (1889)
"... or shilling stage-coach towards " The Bank" (of England) ; Butchers' and
Brewers' and Bakers' Drays: all these, with wheelbarrows, trucks (hurlies), ..."
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