Lexicographical Neighbors of Balkings
Literary usage of Balkings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker (1919)
"Next day: "Had a remarkable visit with Dr. Gregory this AM He is one of the
greatest psychiatrists in New York and up on balkings, business tension, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Amongst many balkings is much stumbling.'—Id. The preacher was here alluding to
the old proverb ' Many ..."
3. The Casual Laborer, and Other Essays: And Other Essays by Carleton Hubbell Parker (1920)
"At any rate the practice of first labor would be to free man from balkings and
inhibitions. And then for the moment, trust like an idealist that the ..."
4. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"The same sermon also illustrates another sense of the word: "He would not walk
in by-walks, whe»e are many balks. Amongst many balkings is much stumbling. ..."
5. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Amongst many balkings is much stumbling.'—Id. The preacher was here alluding to
the old proverb ' Many ..."
6. With Three Armies on and Behind the Western Front by Arthur Stanley Riggs (1918)
"... will be incommoded, frightened, perhaps even injured seriously in a material
sense, with the consequence of many panicky objections and balkings which ..."
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