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Definition of Portered
1. porter [v] - See also: porter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portered
Literary usage of Portered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"The Sergeant Major portered her luggage for her over to a parked brown Explorer,
and set them down by the rear hatch. Coming back to the passenger side, ..."
2. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen: Being an Account of an Inland Journey of by William Martin Conway, John Walter Gregory, Edmund Johnston Garwood (1897)
"Eight heavy loads I portered, one by one, down the boggy hill-side. The first
was something carried away from camp out into the wide world; but, ..."
3. The Salt-cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1889)
"We don't know who Tom Long may have been, but he was evidently long on the road,
and perhaps he watered his horse, and portered himself so often that he did ..."
4. From the Gulf to Ararat: An Expedition Through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan by Gilbert Ernest Hubbard (1917)
"... lances which took the tents and heavier loads, while the men portered over
the rest. The river meanwhile was rapidly rising and the rain continued to ..."
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