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Definition of Bandied
1. bandy [v] - See also: bandy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandied
Literary usage of Bandied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Goodman, a Priest, bandied betwixt Life and Death ; yet he escapeth with Life at
last. January 23rd, the Commons desired the Lords to join with them to find ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... perhaps very necessary, if we are to believe all the stories of monkish knavery
and wickedness so often bandied about at the time of the Reformation. ..."
3. Greek Wit: A Collection of Smart Sayings and Anecdotes by Frederick Apthorp Paley (1883)
"... and licked his face and whined ; finally (after certain little mishaps), it
gave birth to puppies under shelter of the cloak I So the joke was bandied ..."
4. Wessex by Clive Holland (1906)
"Around the swing-boats and kindred joys are bandied broad Dorset jokes which
would look strange in ..."
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