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Definition of Abigails
1. abigail [n] - See also: abigail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abigails
Literary usage of Abigails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Common School Journal by Horace Mann (1852)
"... and civilly recommended me to their abigails; the abigails turned me round
with a stare, and then pushed me down to the kitchen and the fat ..."
2. Tales and Novels by Maria Edgeworth (1893)
"of five of them abigails, ... and, approaching the barouche, in which the five
abigails were now seated, he saw the identical Mrs. Petito, who, ..."
3. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle: In which are Included Memoirs of a Lady by Tobias George Smollett, George Cruikshank (1831)
"... which the misery of my fellow-creatures never failed to melt. ward some of my
faithful abigails; in particular, to relieve from extreme distress that ..."