Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnskins
Literary usage of Turnskins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"... loup-garous, turnskins, turncoats; and the Norwegians believe that the Laplanders
have the faculty of turning themselves into bears, so that the close ..."
2. A Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German by George Webbe Dasent, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1906)
"... gives the following account of the turnskins of Nero's time:— '"Jt happened
that my master was gone to Capua to dispose of some second-hand goods. ..."
3. Popular Tales from the Norse by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (1912)
"... gives the following account of the turnskins of Nero's time:— " It happened
that my master was gone to Capua to dia pose of some second-hand goods. ..."
4. Popular Tales from the Norse by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, George Webbe Dasent (1859)
"... gives the following account of the turnskins of Nero's time:— " It happened
that my master was gone to Capua to dispose of some second-hand goods. ..."
5. Russian Folk-tales by William Ralston Shedden Ralston (1873)
"... the faith of the peasantry in the existence of Wizards, and Witches, turnskins
and Vampires, not having been as yet seriously shaken. ..."
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