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Definition of Bloomsbury group

1. Noun. An inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles.

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Literary usage of Bloomsbury group

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1884)
"Of the bloomsbury group, which later was united to the Coldbrook group, lie states : — " The association of the Bloomsbury rocks with the Groups which are ..."

2. Acadian Geology: The Geological Structure, Organic Remains, and Mineral by John William Dawson (1868)
"In lithological characters the upper member of the bloomsbury group is very constant, consisting of fine-grained red clay slate and reddish-gray ..."

3. Report of Progress for by Geological Survey of Canada (1872)
"bloomsbury group. Musquash Inversion of St. John ... These overturned beds, formerly known as the bloomsbury group, and referred to the Devonian system, ..."

4. Observations on the Geology of Southern New Brunswick: Made Principally by New Brunswick Geological Survey, Loring Woart Bailey, Charles Frederick Hartt, George Frederic Matthew (1865)
"So far as known, the bloomsbury group is destitute of metallic ores, ... In the remarks on the topography of the bloomsbury group, it was stated that the ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"In the same report was described, under the name of the bloomsbury group, ... The bloomsbury group was, therefore, regarded as altered Upper Devonian, ..."

6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"In the same report was described, under the name of the bloomsbury group, ... The bloomsbury group was, therefore, regarded as altered Upper Devonian, ..."

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