Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamister
Literary usage of Lamister
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Morgan and His Captors by Faunt Le Roy Senour (1865)
"... Adam Nye, AJ Martin, CS Curtis, John M. Deal, George Hewey, and JP lamister.
" Of the Forty-seventh Kentucky, David Workman, ..."
2. Scott's Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott, Alfred Marshall Hitchcock (1911)
"There were tales about a several- times-great-grandfather called John the
lamister (cripple); about William the Bolt-foot, a famous Border knight; ..."
3. A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang, with Some Examples of Common Usages by Louis E. Jackson, C. R. Hellyer (1914)
"Example: "He's a lamister out of Chicago." LAMOS, Adjective General currency.
Gold-plated; flimsy; unsubstantial. Derived from the name of a firm of Chicago ..."
4. The Herb-moon: A Fantasia by John Oliver Hobbes (1896)
"Not even Lady lamister ? " " That's a preposterous rumor. ... If Lady lamister
were an evil woman," continued Rose, " it would be different. ..."
5. Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro', Tenn. by William Starke Rosecrans (1863)
"... leg and shoulder, severely; Corporals Peter Rice, ankle, slightly; Samuel
Hoag, left arm; DB Roming, leg, slight; Privates James lamister, ..."
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