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Definition of Ouldest
1. ould [adj] - See also: ould
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ouldest
| ouijas ouistiti ouistitis ouk ouks oul oul- oulachan oulachans oulachon | oulachons oulakan oulakans ould oulder ouldest (current term) oule oules oulk oulks | oulong oulongs ouls ouma oumas ounce ounces ounding oundy oup |
Literary usage of Ouldest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1891)
"Some people's opinions is, that Mr. Chew will give his opinion that the ouldest
Warrant will take place. If that be the Case, it will Cause the Greatest ..."
2. Seventy Years of Irish Life: Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences by William Richard Le Fanu (1893)
"Wasn't she my ouldest daughter ? and I wouldn't let him be runnin' through the
family that way, taking his pick and choice of them. ..."
3. Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi by William Gilmore Simms (1890)
"... were not a family of the ouldest." " That accounts for your loss of strength,
Sir. O'Dougherty," said the Alabamian ; " if yon hadn't come from so old a ..."
4. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"Da not that to another, which thou u/ouldest not have done to thy M^i;^ which
sheweth him, that he has no more to do in learning the Lawes of Nature, but, ..."
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