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Definition of Splitters
1. splitter [n] - See also: splitter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splitters
Literary usage of Splitters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner (1892)
"She shall have a taste of my splitters this very night; I' ve been makin' them
o' purpose for her. So you may just take off your hat and sit down. ..."
2. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
""Splitters" AND "LUMPERS" Every true naturalist is called upon to exercise the
faculty of discrimination and the faculty of generalization. ..."
3. Hard Tack and Coffee by John D. Billings (2001)
"I was not a voter at the time of Lincoln's election, but I had taken an active
part in the torchlight parades of the "Wide-awakes" and "Rail- splitters," as ..."
4. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"... Headers, Splitters, Salters, and Packers.— Fogs and Storms.— Seal- catching.
EN"ERALLY veiled with mists, Newfoundland appears at first sight gloomy and ..."
5. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... Headers, Splitters, Suiters, and Packers. — Fogs and Storms. — Seal- catching.
ENERALLY veiled with mists, Newfoundland appears at first sight gloomy ..."
6. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny (1863)
"For such work we pay $2 a day. A knowledge of geometry and mathematics is a
prerequisite." 309. Rattan Splitters. ..."
7. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"A great many helpers have advanced themselves to splitters by trying to do ...
USEFUL HINTS TO Splitters. There is quite a trick in setting the grinder ..."
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