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Definition of Courtships
1. courtship [n] - See also: courtship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtships
Literary usage of Courtships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Puritan Republic of the Massachusetts Bay in New England by Daniel Wait Howe (1899)
"1 The narrative which Judge Sewall has given us of his own courtships should not
be overlooked. The period covered by them was not so long after the ..."
2. "Tell it All": the Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism: An Autobiography by T. B. H. Stenhouse (1878)
"Some Curious courtships—" The Nicest ole 'oman in the Country! ... But all
courtships in Utah are not carried on in this fashion. ..."
3. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"An Old Maid's Views of Polish courtships. AJ, Jan. 30.—Mr. Applebee, I have
several Times troubled you in behalf of those most deplorable Circumstances ..."
4. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... courtships You may easily guess that I have not lived so long in the world
without having had some thoughts of settling in it, as the phrase is. ..."
5. Womans̓ Life in Colonial Days by Carl Holliday (1922)
"Judge Sewall's courtships The Judge's own accounts of his many courtships and
three marriages give us rather surprising glimpses of the spirit and ..."