Definition of Old colony

1. Noun. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Colony

Old Armenian
Old Babylonian
Old Bailey
Old Belarusian
Old Bill
Old Blighty
Old Breton
Old Bulgarian
Old Bullion
Old Catalan
Old Catholic
Old Catholic Church
Old Chinese
Old Church Slavic
Old Church Slavonic
Old Colony
Old Cornish
Old Dart
Old Delhi
Old Dominion
Old Dominion State
Old Dutch
Old Earth Creationism
Old East Slavic
Old East Slavonic
Old Egyptian
Old English
Old English Sheepdog
Old English Sheepdogs
Old English sheepdog

Literary usage of Old colony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library, the School and the Child by Ralph Lester Power, John Whitehall Emery (1917)
"old colony Trust Company Library The library of the old colony Trust Company ... The only claim made for the old colony Library is that it serves a purpose ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Rept. in favor of permitting old colony RR to extend line into Boston; ... Rept of bd. of comrs. re. changes in train service on old colony RR system since ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1892)
"old colony HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Taunton, Massachusetts, Thursday, Oct. 15, 1891.—A quarterly meeting was held this afternoon, the president, Rev. ..."

4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1850)
"THE old colony RAILROAD Ш MASSACHUSETTS. The Superintendent, J. II. ... The Old Colony Line and its branches, ( the Dorchester and Milton, South Shore, ..."

5. Pilgrim Memorials, and Guide to Plymouth: With a Lithographic Map and Eight by William Shaw Russell (1855)
"old colony Day. First Celebration of the Landing of our Forefathers. ... The Old Colony Club, agreeably to a vote passed the 18th instant, ..."

6. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"116 IN GOOD old colony TIMES In good old colony times, where we lived under the King, Three roguish chaps fell into mishaps Because they could not sing. ..."

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