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Definition of Nuncles
1. nuncle [n] - See also: nuncle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuncles
Literary usage of Nuncles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as Seen in Its by Henry Martyn Dexter, Andover Theological Seminary (1880)
"... suggesting the possibility that the Bishops may have gotten him, says: " I
pray you, nuncles, never trouble your selues with the keeping of him. ..."
2. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"Then silly Dick laid claim to the throne, But nuncles said 'twas theirs by
adoption: And now the Divel was put to his trump, And once more resolves to set ..."
3. The Letters of Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort by Washington Irving, George Sidney Hellman (1915)
"I have heard of nuncles getting through the trap—with the loss of his tail; and
as for myself, I expect to rival honest Primrose's son Moses, ..."
4. Quarrels of Authors: Or, Some Memoirs for Our Literary History, Including by Isaac Disraeli (1814)
"Good nuncles (the Bishops,) have you closely murthered the Gentleman in some of
your prisons ? Have you choked him with a fat prebend or two ? ..."
5. Political Ballads Published in England During the Commonwealth by Thomas Wright (1841)
"Then silly Dick laid claim to the throne, But nuncles said 'twas theirs by
adoption: And now the Divel was put to ..."
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