Definition of Posteens

1. posteen [n] - See also: posteen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Posteens

postdivestiture
postdivorce
postdoc
postdocs
postdoctoral
postdoctorally
postdoctorate
postdose
postdraft
postdrug
poste restante
postearthquake
posted
postediting
posteen
posteens (current term)
postelection
postelectoral
postelectrophoretic
postemancipation
postembryonal
postembryonic
postemergence
postemergency
postencephalitic
postencephalitis
postentries
postentry
postepileptic
postepisode

Literary usage of Posteens

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

1. Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh by James Abbott (1884)
"He signed to his steward, and bade him bring from the store-room a number of posteens,t corresponding to the number of. his attendants. ..."

2. Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh by James Abbott (1856)
"He signed to his steward, and bade him bring from the store-room a number of posteens, corresponding to the number of his attendants. ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1871)
"... and sheepskin posteens or coats, their heads in fur caps, and their feet in two pairs of long woollen stockings, and their boots filled with wool—they ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1817)
"... hardware, ready-made cloaths, and posteens, books, &c. were either displayed in tiers in front of the shops, or hung up on hooks from the roof. ..."

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