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Definition of Hasteners
1. hastener [n] - See also: hastener
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hasteners
Literary usage of Hasteners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rambler: In Three Volumes by Samuel Johnson (1823)
"... the two great hasteners of modern poems, employed twelve years upon the Thebaid,
and thinks his claim to renown proportionate to his labour. ..."
2. The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825)
"... but amidst all his pride and indigence, the two great hasteners of modern
p,»ems, employed twelve years upon the ..."
3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"... of Human Wishes^. and indigence as the two great copy, from the original in Dr.
John- hasteners of modern poems.' He con- son's handwriting. JA*. ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1838)
"... not insist on a dead order; for while they seem conservative, they are the
real hasteners of Revolution. Do we not know a dam produces an outbreak? ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Hasteners, ». Circular tins, put on a spit, to reflect heat on the meat in roasting.
HASTER, s. (1) A tin meat-screen, to reflect the heat in roasting. ..."
6. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: A New Ed., in Twelve Volumes, to which by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1820)
"... the two great hasteners of modern poems, employed twelve years upon the Thebaid,
and thinks his claim to renown proportionate to his labour. ..."