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Definition of Blighters
1. blighter [n] - See also: blighter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blighters
Literary usage of Blighters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Un vieux chameau, an old, ugly, peevish woman (or man), an old rotter. Ah, les
chameaux, ils en ont une veine ! what luck they have, the blighters ..."
2. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1906)
"The bad blighters have all been disposed of, and there is not a tree in the
station now that will blight to amount to anything if not infected by blighters ..."
3. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1884)
"... is in selecting non-blighters and crossing the same with non-blighters.
The Keifer Pear is an example of what may be accomplished in this direction. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... are great blighters of seed and destructive both on the straw and on the grain,
especially at germination time. Our experiments have gone so far that I ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
""Come to think of it, it might But your father made the great mistake of trying
to rule by love, whereas fear is the only god these blighters will bow ..."
6. New Voices: An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry by Marguerite Ogden Bigelow Wilkinson (1922)
"... of Lights," "A Mystic As a Soldier," "blighters" and "At Carnoy." Mr. Sassoon is
a sincere and truth-loving poet of whom fine things may be expected. ..."
7. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
""Beg pardon, sir, but there's another of those blighters tap-tapping alongside,
our end." They all waited and listened to their common coffin being nailed ..."
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