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Definition of Avadavats
1. avadavat [n] - See also: avadavat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avadavats
Literary usage of Avadavats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"avadavats and Indian crackers! Surf. Then, my dear sir, you have heard, I doubt
not, of the extravagance of my brother. Sir, there are very few would credit ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1887)
"HERE we are, Sir, returned to our cottage, and my avadavats are very well, ...
EAS" avadavats are Java sparrows. Keats uses the word in a poem called The ..."
3. Humorous Phases of the Law by Irving Browne (1876)
"Between six and seven hundred birds, mostly foreign, consisting of lories,
avadavats, love birds, bishop birds, cardinals (appropriate enough for a curate's ..."
4. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1826)
"Joseph S. O, dear sir, nothing of the kind : — No, no — a few presents now and
then — china, shawls, congou tea, avadavats, and Indian crackers — little ..."
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