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Definition of Coarsest
1. coarse [adj] - See also: coarse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarsest
Literary usage of Coarsest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of Indian Officers by John William Kaye (1889)
"Determined, as he said, to examine into all the sins of the place, he rode into
the slave-market, and saw ' enough to shame and sicken the coarsest heart. ..."
2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"I think the regiment grew daily worse and worse, and where he was, words were
sure to be the dirtiest, jokes the coarsest, deeds the most unseemly. ..."
3. Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1866)
"I think the regiment grew daily worse and worse, and where he was, words were
sure to be the dirtiest, jokes the coarsest, deeds the most unseemly. ..."
4. The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1824)
"... I think, both lost part of their credit by ill cookery, they being reputed
the worst or coarsest of fresh-water fish; but the BARBEL, affords an Angler ..."
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