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Definition of Clinged
1. cling [v] - See also: cling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinged
Literary usage of Clinged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs by Thomas Percy (1876)
"252 yett ffrom the tree hee wold not start, but hee clinged to itt with might &
maine. vnder the coller then of his lacke, he stroke Sir Andrew ..."
2. The New Era (1872)
"Resting on these bases, it asks: Since it is evident that the civilized portion
of the human race, in its conflict of evolving, would have clinged to and ..."
3. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"Thus clinged together, now a while we rest, Breathing our souls into each other's
breast; Then give a general kiss of all our parts, While this way we make ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"It, too, is rare but not obsolete: Bryant, once up 7—3, clinged... to a 7—6
margin — Dick Baker, Spring/I eld (Mass.) Daily News, 24 Apr. 1980 The majority ..."
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