Lexicographical Neighbors of Manteel
Literary usage of Manteel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"In the quotation heading this chapter, manteel, pelerine, ... The " manteel "
was, of course, as old as the cloak. Elijah " took his mantle and wrapped it ..."
2. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"6 ' Ye '11 tak here this green manteel, It 's lined with the frieze; Ye '11 bid
her come to glide ..."
3. Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes by William Motherwell (1827)
"And here it is a gay manteel, Its a' gowd hot the hem; Bid her come speak to
Chield Morice, Bring nae body but her lane. And here it is a Holland smock, ..."
4. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes by William Motherwell (1846)
"And here it is a gay manteel, It 's a' gowd hot the hem; Bid her come speak to
Chield Morice, 25 Bring nae body but her lane. And here it is a Holland smock ..."
5. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes by William Motherwell (1846)
"And here it is a gay manteel, Its a' gowd bot the hem; Ye must come speak to
Chield Morice, — 45 Bring nae body but your lane. ..."
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