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Definition of Sackings
1. sacking [n] - See also: sacking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sackings
Literary usage of Sackings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris Past & Present by Henry Haynie (1902)
"... of Paris—Appearance of a valiant shepherdess—Under the reigns of Merovingians,
Pepins, and Capetians—Norman invasions and numerous sackings—Building of ..."
2. Israel's Historical and Biographical Narratives: From the Establishment of by Charles Foster Kent (1905)
"Repeated sackings of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes, I Mac. l"-«°, II Mac.
5'-» History of the Hasmoneans I Mac. ..."
3. The Economy of High Wages: An Inquiry Into the Cause of High Wages and Their by Jacob Schoenhof, Thomas Francis Bayard (1892)
"Upon the cost of flannels or sackings he is hardly a competent person to speak.
... That he had cashmeres in view, and not sackings, when he spoke of ..."
4. Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence by Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Henry Buckler (1840)
"... and got away—I took up the sackings and sung out, " Police"—a policeman came
and took him instantly—these are my master's sackings—they were in the ..."
5. Protection Echoes from the Capitol by Thomas Hudson McKee (1888)
"The goods selected for comparison are known as " sackings." In America they are
largely used for ladies' drees. They are made of carded wool, ..."
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