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Definition of Tearers
1. tearer [n] - See also: tearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tearers
Literary usage of Tearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social History of the People of the Southern Counties of England in Past by George Roberts (1856)
"Wood Stealing, Local Laws and Punishments of Toilers of Trees, Hedg(- tearers, fyc.
" The grim ore Is from its prison brought and sent abroad, ..."
2. Society As I Have Found It by Ward MacAllister (1890)
"Turning to him, I saw a glow of triumph in his face; his watch was in his hand.
" I did it, by Jove! I did it, and ten seconds to spare !—they are tearers ! ..."
3. Society As I Have Found It by Ward McAllister (1890)
"Turning to him, I saw a glow of triumph in his face ; his watch was in his hand.
" I did it, by Jove! I did it, and ten seconds to spare !—they are tearers ..."
4. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"I dare say that you are naturalist enough to know that animals have been divided
into gnawers, tearers, grinders, &c. according to the kind of teeth with ..."
5. Rudimentary Treatise on the Blasting and Quarrying of Stone for Building and by John Fox Burgoyne (1849)
"In addition to these the " feather and tearers" consist of a wedge about 6 inches
long, 1 or 1£ inch square at one end and ^ inch square at the other end, ..."
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