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Definition of Stealable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stealable
Literary usage of Stealable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"... feeling unable to resist the rebel columns, commenced to make prompt preparation
for the movement of stealable property. Nearly every horse, good, bad, ..."
2. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"There exist ingenuous bourgeois, of whom it might be said, that they have a "
stealable " air. These men patiently pursue these bourgeois. ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... plated-ware bummers, jewelry bummers, women's clothing bummers, provision
bummers, in fine a bummer or bummers for every kind of stealable thing. ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"Does any one believe that the duty to suicide by starvation, in the presence of
a stealable plenty ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"If the question is, «Who has the most stealable property? » I admit we have less
than most European nations, and a consequent slight advantage. ..."
6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1864)
"... feeling unable to resist the rebel columns, commenced to make prompt preparation
for the movement of stealable property. Nearly every horse, good, bad, ..."
7. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"I had fasten-ed up the gates and remov-ed every stealable ar-ticle from the yard."
Euphemia and I looked at each other. This explained the absence of the ..."
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