Lexicographical Neighbors of Thankers
Literary usage of Thankers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1905)
"He that was my friend at the Temple of the Tir- thankers gave me a chela for this
journey. I came from Benares in the train, when thy letter was given me. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"You will be my thankers, I '11 make you my bankers, As good as Ben Burton or
Fade * : For nothing shall pass But my pretty brass, And then you '11 be all of ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1902)
"startled by a letter from the Temple of the Tir- thankers at Benares, enclosing
a native banker's note of hand for three hundred rupees, and an amazing ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Your neighbours will think, When your pocket cries chink, You are grown plaguy
rich on a sudden, You -..ill be my thankers, I 'II make yon my bankers, ..."
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