Lexicographical Neighbors of Shroves
Literary usage of Shroves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomie of the Bodie of Man by Thomas Vicary (1888)
"... it nowe shroves of this ... that the same Acte bo first seen) / & then) Mai/er
shroves to ..."
2. The Old Farmer and His Almanack: Being Some Observations on Life and Manners by George Lyman Kittredge (1920)
"... and " shroves-Tuesday vanities." Our forefathers are known to have been much
averse to the celebration of Christmas. They regarded any kind of ..."
3. Social Life in Old New England by Mary Caroline Crawford (1914)
"In his " Advice from the Watch Tower ", he declares: " It is to be hoped, The
shroves-Tuesday Vanities, of making Cakes to the Queen of Heaven, ..."
4. Social Life in Old New England by Mary Caroline Crawford (1915)
"In his " Advice from the Watch Tower ", he declares: " It is to be hoped, The
shroves-Tuesday Vanities, of making Cakes to the Queen of Heaven, ..."
5. History of the Battle of Agincourt by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1827)
"And thanne the Maire of loudon, and the Aldermen, shroves and all the worthy
commoners and craftys men come ti> ..."
6. The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford: Containing an Account by Anthony à Wood, John Pechell (1773)
"... and 10 s. more on shroves-Day; the reft to be laid out in Bread. Mrs.
Margaret Tate, by Will, bequeathed 5 /. to be lent yearly, and from Year to Year ..."
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