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Definition of Startlers
1. startler [n] - See also: startler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Startlers
Literary usage of Startlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... and the Winged Startlers.* He went on. Soon he saw some partridges, and he
asked them (they were little ones on their nest), "What's your name? ..."
2. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... the maiden aunts wake with a horrified jump and bustle into the house; over
the high, thick hedge come paper startlers and handfuls of confetti; ..."
3. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"... the maiden aunts wake with a horrified jump and bustle into the house; over
the high, thick hedge come paper startlers and handfuls of confetti; ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... and Zenobia, a bedder producing vivid carmine-crimson flowers, are genuine
startlers, and carry forward the high type of zonales by a great bound. ..."
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