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Definition of Mastiffs
1. mastiff [n] - See also: mastiff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastiffs
Literary usage of Mastiffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Verney Family by Margaret Maria Williams-Hay Verney (1894)
"... by no means Royalist, who vainly tried to remain ' unknown' to the Major-
Generals, ' Cromwell's mastiffs,' who had fastened on their estates. ..."
2. Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832 by James Ellsworth De Kay (1833)
"... Spot where Mohammed II. disembarked—Breed of mastiffs—Barracks—Reservoir—Turkish
... mastiffs ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"In the Bull-Dogs and mastiffs, Dogues de Forte Race of the French, though the
head is one-third larger than those of the Shepherd's Dog and of tha Spaniels, ..."
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