Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballan
Literary usage of Ballan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Head-hunters: Black, White, and Brown by Alfred Cort Haddon (1901)
"Hose then went into the verandah and found ballan anxiously awaiting the result
of the ... ballan then said that according to custom he would have to find a ..."
2. Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1856)
"Longman wrote the other day to hurry ballan- tyne, saying he had only two copies
left We shall see Harry, of course, before he leaves the North. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1867)
"Dr SMITH said he might also notice the recent capture of a fine specimen of the
Labrus bergylta (ballan Wrasse), near Cellar- dykes. ..."
4. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
"The fairies came down and carried a newly-born child up this rock and away to
fairy-land. Ballon, a teat, a cup, tub, vessel. ' ballan ..."
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