Lexicographical Neighbors of Tongers
Literary usage of Tongers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962, Good Roads Institute, Chapel Hill, N.C., University of North Carolina (1793-1962), Chapel Hill Good Roads Institute, N.C (1912)
"They would not bother with a lot of small tongers because they want to get a load
quick. ... For small tongers to load a boat would probably take a week; ..."
2. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"Incensed at this act, the tongers made an attempt to drive them off, but the dredgers
... The scattered small boats of the tongers were driven to cover, ..."
3. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"Incensed at this act, the tongers made an attempt to drive them off, but the dredgers
... The scattered small boats of the tongers were driven to cover, ..."
4. Studies in the Social Sciences by University of Minnesota (1918)
"For example, tongers, perhaps the most definite of the realists, insists that Locke
... But between the sort of empirical realism championed by tongers, ..."
5. Our Country: East (1898)
"After a few experiences of this sort the tongers lost patience and began to strike
back. The lessees of the grounds armed some of their men with rifles and ..."
6. Our Country: East (1898)
"When the dredgers appeared the battle began ; the tongers were getting the best
... Imagine the feelings of the tongers as they helplessly looked on and saw ..."
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