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Definition of Blackthorns
1. blackthorn [n] - See also: blackthorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackthorns
Literary usage of Blackthorns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Emblems of Fidelity: A Comedy in Letters by James Lane Allen (1919)
"... EDWARD Blackthorns TO BEVERLEY SANDS King Alfred-s Wood, Warwickshire, England,
May J,. MY DEAR MR. SANDS : I have just read to the end of your latest ..."
2. Historical Notices of Old Belfast and Its Vicinity: A Selection from the Mss by Anna M'Cleery, William Pinkerton, O'Mellan (1896)
"Blackthorns mounted in Gold, Connemara Marble, ftc, Plain Irish Blackthorns, ...
Nearly 10000 Real Irish Blackthorns were used to complete this Cottage. ..."
3. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1865)
"... ie in time of war their brambles and blackthorns to he cut away. The cleansing
of the fair-green,' ie immediately before the holding of the fair, ..."
4. Potter's American Monthly (1880)
"Hawthorns and blackthorns, briony and bind-weed, had plenty to gossip about this
morning, for they quickly noticed their neglected hedge-fellow talking with ..."
5. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1879)
"In the early season these blackthorns shoul'd be searched for ... The blackthorns
should be ^searched for the ..."
6. The Emblems of Fidelity: A Comedy in Letters by James Lane Allen (1919)
"... EDWARD Blackthorns TO BEVERLEY SANDS King Alfred-s Wood, Warwickshire, England,
May J,. MY DEAR MR. SANDS : I have just read to the end of your latest ..."
7. Historical Notices of Old Belfast and Its Vicinity: A Selection from the Mss by Anna M'Cleery, William Pinkerton, O'Mellan (1896)
"Blackthorns mounted in Gold, Connemara Marble, ftc, Plain Irish Blackthorns, ...
Nearly 10000 Real Irish Blackthorns were used to complete this Cottage. ..."
8. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1865)
"... ie in time of war their brambles and blackthorns to he cut away. The cleansing
of the fair-green,' ie immediately before the holding of the fair, ..."
9. Potter's American Monthly (1880)
"Hawthorns and blackthorns, briony and bind-weed, had plenty to gossip about this
morning, for they quickly noticed their neglected hedge-fellow talking with ..."
10. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1879)
"In the early season these blackthorns shoul'd be searched for ... The blackthorns
should be ^searched for the ..."
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