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Definition of Threadier
1. thready [adj] - See also: thready
Lexicographical Neighbors of Threadier
Literary usage of Threadier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1908)
"... action: threadier massive lava flows date from late Quaternary time, and the
volcanoes now appear to be extinct. A list of Catalan earthquakes is given ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"... adj. disputatious ; pert in reply. Threed [three-d], E. and X., linen thread,
in contradistinction to cotton. Threadier man [thren'shu'mu'n], ..."
3. An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of by Samuel Bealey Harrison, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy (1835)
"Threadier v. Hintan, 4 В. & A. 413. Where there are several pleas, each of which
goes to the whole declaration, and any one of them is found for the ..."
4. A History of Japanese Literature by William George Aston (1907)
"... under these circumstances is of a more or less artificial type, and is wanting
in the spontaneous vigour of threadier essays of the Japanese muse.,. ..."
5. The Hohenzollerns in America: With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other by Stephen Leacock (1919)
"The just complaint of Mr. Threadier, my tailor, as expressed while measuring me
for my Win-the- War autumn suit. "Complaint, sir? ..."
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