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Definition of Lookers
1. looker [n] - See also: looker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lookers
Literary usage of Lookers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1842)
"... eight of which he enjoys the satisfaction of distributing with his own hand
between the steward and the porter. dispute, the lookers-on take the part of ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... prejudiced adversaries; every calm observer of our Saviour's words and actions
was convinced of his Divine mission. lookers-oil many times see more thnn ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"On-lookers may be amused, honourable men may be scandalized at the unprincipled
coalition involved ; but it is the only chance the Tories have, ..."
4. A Run Through the United States, During the Autumn of 1840 by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1841)
"... and York Town—French lookers-on—Bitter Retribution exacted from them—Congress
Hall— Senate House—View from the Dome—Grandeur of the proposed Plan of the ..."
5. The Fan-qui in China, in 1836-7 by Charles Toogood Downing (1838)
"... lookers-on—Chinese notions of Europeans—Barbarians—Tribute-bearers—Foreign
countries—Europe —Country of the Crows and Demons—The French —The ..."
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