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Definition of Spluttery
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spluttery
Literary usage of Spluttery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"It had a gold- tip, and was very spluttery. You know the kind. Bond Street.
He '11 be better now I 'm gone. So will you, my Lady, perhaps. ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"It had a gold- tip, and was very spluttery. You know the kind. Bond Street.
He '11 be better now I 'm gone. So will you, my Lady, perhaps. ..."
3. The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development by John Hankins Wallace (1897)
"Black Hawk's gait was spluttery and uneven, rather than square and mechanical.
A few of his progeny were very perfectly gaited, but a great many of them ..."
4. Sir Edward Carson and the Ulster Movement by St. John Greer Ervine (1916)
"... the Ulstermen next let loose on the province a lot of tame Tory Members of
Parliament and told them to be as fierce and spluttery as they could. ..."
5. Steam-ships: The Story of Their Development to the Present Day by R. A. Fletcher (1910)
"... like that spluttery thing there." The Comet's engine, which was built by John
Robertson, was of four nominal horse-power with a single upright cylinder ..."
6. Steam-ships: The Story of Their Development to the Present Day by R. A. Fletcher (1910)
"... like that spluttery thing there." The Comet's engine, which was built by John
Robertson, was of four nominal horse-power with a single upright cylinder ..."
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