Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosheries
Literary usage of Cosheries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"... and a Proviso shall be inserted in the Letters Patents against Cuttings,
cosheries, and other Irish Exactions upon their Tenants (31). 14. ..."
2. Ireland Under Elizabeth and James the First by Edmund Spenser, John Davies, Fynes Moryson, Henry Morley (1890)
"... that when he attempted to charge the Decies in the county of Water- ford with
coigny and livery, black-rents and cosheries, after the Irish manner, ..."
3. Irish History and Irish Character by Goldwin Smith (1861)
"... did consist chiefly in cuttings and cosheries, and other Irish exactions,
whereby they did spoil and impoverish the people at their pleasure. ..."
4. The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donel by Charles Patrick Meehan (1868)
"... far beyond the boundaries of the pale, reducing Irish countries into shire
ground, abolishing such ancient rents as cuttings, cosheries,* spendings, ..."
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