Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdings
Literary usage of Birdings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Visions of England by Francis Turner Palgrave (1881)
"The Lords Justices were known not to favour ' any officer that did not, upon his
return from these birdings, ' as they called them, give a good account of ..."
2. Precedents of General Requisitions on Title: With Explanatory Notes and by Herbert Arthur Dickins (1896)
"Demy 8vo. 1884. 18s. *»* Ml standard Late Works are Kept in Stock, in law calf
and other birdings. ..."
3. The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland by John Patrick Prendergast (1870)
"... from these " birdings," as they called them, give a good account of their
sport—though their game was unarmed men, and too often women and children. ..."
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