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Definition of Marooning
1. maroon [v] - See also: maroon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marooning
Literary usage of Marooning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in by James Edward Alexander (1833)
"Sail past the Grenadines.—Evening at Sea. —St. Vincent's—Fort Charlotte.—Kingstown.—Visit
the Citadel.—The Governor.—Botanical Garden.—Marooning parties. ..."
2. The War Maker: Being the True Story of Captain George B. Boynton by Horace Smith, Pirie MacDonald, A.C. McClurg & Company, W.F. Hall Printing Company (1911)
"... CHAPTER V THE Marooning OF A TRAITOR T HAD been with Guzman Blanco for about
a year •^ after he proclaimed himself Dictator of Venezuela, on February 14 ..."
3. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"Marooning. To go marooning is an expression used in the Southern States. ...
The difference between a marooning party and a picnic is that the former is a ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"61 Marooning. See quotations. 1834 He entertained me with an account of his ...
1855 Marooning differs from pic-nicing in this : the former continues ..."
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