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Definition of Beavering
1. beaver [v] - See also: beaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beavering
Literary usage of Beavering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper (1841)
"... Hurry; thank'ee, with all my heart—but I do a little beavering for myself, as
occasions offer. Tis true, the Delawares call me Deerslayer, ..."
2. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1823)
"Has his Grace the smallest conception that there is such a stratagem on our earth
as re- beavering a hat, and reviving a pair of trowsers ? ..."
3. Recollections of Life in Ohio: From 1813-1840 by William Cooper Howells (1895)
"But it was tougher than if solid, and a fearful spell of " beavering " I had with
it before it was down, so that I could get at the tops. ..."
4. Works of J. Fenimore Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper (1893)
"Thank 'ее, Hurry ; thank 'ее, with all my heart—but I do a little beavering for
myself, as occasions offer. 'Tis true, the Delawares call me Deerslayer, ..."
5. Cooper's Works by James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant (1855)
"Thank'ee, Hurry ; thank'ee, with all my heart—but i do a little beavering for
myself, as occasions offer. ' T is true, the Delawares call me Deerslayer, ..."
6. The Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor by Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard (1915)
"He gives cash for all kinds of Furs and has for sale a quantity of Canada and
Raccoon Blankets, Muskrat Skins, etc., etc." Beavers and Beavering coating, ..."
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