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Definition of Poulterers
1. poulterer [n] - See also: poulterer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poulterers
Literary usage of Poulterers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"poulterers, FOWLERS, AND FISHERMEN. The poulterers may be divided into two
classes, — the rearers, and those who sold poultry in the market; ..."
2. A popular account of the ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"THE FIFTH CLASS — PASTORS, poulterers, SHOPS, FOWLERS, FISHERMEN, ... THE fifth
class was composed of pastors, poulterers, fowlers, fishermen, labourers, ..."
3. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... for the first Colony in Virginia. pany of Founders. th(' Company of poulterers,
the Company of Cooks, the Company of Coopers, the Company of Tylers and ..."
4. A Tour in Sutherlandshire: With Extracts from the Field-books of a Sportsman by Charles St. John (1849)
"poulterers' Shops — Supply of Game — Red Deer — Deer killed in the Fields — Roe —
Grouse and Black Game; calling of — Shooting Hares by night ..."
5. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"The Evil Eye—Rio poulterers troubled with it.—Horns quench it. April 13. Worn by
both sexes and all ages, charms and Church amulets keep off the evil eye, ..."
6. The Hygiene, Diseases and Mortality of Occupations by John Thomas Arlidge (1892)
"Fishmongers and poulterers have several conditions of occupation in common with
butchers. Both deal with animal products, and exercise their trade in shops ..."
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