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Definition of Callowest
1. callow [adj] - See also: callow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Callowest
Literary usage of Callowest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Spelling and Spelling Reform by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1909)
"... or the callowest of story-tellers considers himself as much entitled to speak-
with authority on the subject as he who has devoted years of study to its ..."
2. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1905)
"There is no ultimate question in which the most expert mind is interested, which
the callowest youth of normal parts cannot himself glimpse. ..."
3. Shakespeare on the Stage. 2d Series by William Winter (1915)
"... and clown-like grimace, would have disgraced the callowest amateur that ever
afflicted his friends in back-parlor entertainments at a country house. ..."
4. Human Documents: Portraits and Biographies of Eminent Men by Herbert Spencer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edward Everett Hale, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, Hamlin Garland, Robert Barr (1895)
"The callowest curate is sure of a respectful listener in the foremost Englishman
of the day. On the other hand, in private conversation the premier does not ..."
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