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Definition of Telfer

1. Noun. One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage.

Definition of Telfer

1. to telpher [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: telpher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telfer

Literary usage of Telfer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"Captain J. Buchan telfer, RN, FSA We regret to record the death, at the age of seventy-six, of Captain JB telfer, BN, who had been a Fellow of the Society ..."

2. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, Legislature (1912)
"Sutherland, telfer, Tib- bits, Wilson, Wyllie, Young, and Mr. Speaker—39. ... Slater, Smith, Stevenot, Stuckenbruck, Sutherland, telfer, Tibbits, Walsh, ..."

3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1840)
"Mrs Janet telfer being still alive, and about sixty years of age, ... The parties called in this action were the children of Mrs telfer or Provan, ..."

4. Scottish Ballads and Songs, Historical and Traditionary by James Maidment (1868)
"It must be confessed that "Gibby" acted somewhat shabbily; for if he received black mail, or protection money, he was bound to have given telfer his aid. ..."

5. The Ballads of Scotland by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1858)
"... of a new fa'n snaw, •Jamie telfer has run ten miles a-foot, ... It's I, Jamie telfer o' the fair ..."

6. British Farmer's Magazine (1854)
"The more we are enabled to force explanation, the more direct becomes the difference between Mr. telfer and Mr. Caird. The latter, on the strength of a ..."

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