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Definition of Namesakes
1. namesake [n] - See also: namesake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Namesakes
Literary usage of Namesakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1836)
"... who doubtless feel uneasy in their graves, at the imputation thrown on them
by the behavior of their namesakes of the nineteenth century. ..."
2. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"TO VIOLET (With a Bunch of Namesakes) HERE is a maid—I am afraid To give her name
to you— Who makes great pets of violets— I wish I were one, too. ..."
3. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"Small donations to college namesakes. Financial struggle of American colleges.
CHAPTER VI OUR EARLIER COLLEGES: THEIR POVERTY THE AND SALARIES OF THEIR ..."
4. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1883)
"The stopped watch—' I wish it may stop ! ' English ink v. Turcoman ink—My young
namesakes—Marriage—Turcoman wives—' ..."
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