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Definition of Cankering
1. canker [v] - See also: canker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cankering
Literary usage of Cankering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Edge of the War Zone, From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of by Mildred Aldrich (1917)
"Do you never think of the hidden shame, the cankering mortification of the
consciousness of that nation across the frontier, which had battened on its ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"If the subsoil be wet and cankering, let the border be cleared out its whole
length, to the depth and breadth before mentioned. Lay the bottom in a sloping ..."
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