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Definition of Casuals
1. casual [n] - See also: casual
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casuals
Literary usage of Casuals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Road to France: The Transportation of Troops and Military Supplies, 1917 by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"The Army had always had, to be sure, a few casuals— always, that is, ... There were
always a few casuals going to and fro between the Philippine Islands and ..."
2. Review of Reviews by Albert Shaw (1897)
""The casuals" only dates back to 1874 In reference to it the artist says: " I
had been to a dinner party, I think, and happened to retum by a police- ..."
3. Vocations for Girls by Mary Augusta Laselle, Katherine Ellis Wiley (1913)
"CHAPTER IV casuals UP in the northern woods is a paper mill village, where a
miscellaneous assortment of men sojourn a while between periods of idleness, ..."
4. Glimpses Into the Abyss by Mary Higgs (1906)
"APPENDIX I. TRANSFER OF casuals TO POLICE SUPERVISION. THE placing of Casual
Wards under police authority is a bold step, but one of which the author ..."
5. A handy book for Guardians of the poor by George Christopher Trout Bartley (1876)
"casuals AND THEIE TREATMENT. |NE great difficulty which the new Guardian will
have to face is the treatment of the casuals. ..."
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