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Definition of Catchpoles
1. catchpole [n] - See also: catchpole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchpoles
Literary usage of Catchpoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"London catchpoles. A.. J.% May 2.—How great the Crowd of those Fellows are !
How unsufferable their Violence and Rapine ! How many poor Debtors perish under ..."
2. Varia: Readings from Rare Books by James Hain Friswell (1866)
"And in this the catchpoles are worse than the Devils; they prey upon their own
Kind, and worry one another. For our parts, we are Angels still, ..."
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