Lexicographical Neighbors of Slangings
Literary usage of Slangings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handley Cross by Robert Smith Surtees (1903)
"Vehicles from all quarters and of every description came pouring in, and the
greetings of the post-boys from a distance, the slangings of the ..."
2. The Pinch of Poverty: Sufferings and Heroism of the London Poor by Thomas Wright, Riverside Visitor (1892)
"And naturally it is she who has to bear the coarse " slangings " or bitter "
tongue-dressings " which it is the wont of such traders to apply to credit ..."
3. The Far Horizon by Lucas Malet (1906)
"The glamour of the actor's life was upon her; the seamy side of it forgotten—its
unworthy rivalries and bickerings, the slangings and prolonged weariness of ..."
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