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Definition of Crossest
1. cross [adj] - See also: cross
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossest
Literary usage of Crossest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English by Héli Chatelain (1894)
"He says : " My grandson, when thou crossest this brook, ... Thou crossest the
river, (with) eyes shut ; the demijohn of rum, thou hast broken it. ..."
2. The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland: To which are Added Dialect and Other by Sidney Gilpin (1866)
"Alike in temper and in life, The crossest husband, crossest wife ; It looks
exceeding odd to me, This well-matched pair can disagree. WOMAN'S VOWS. ..."
3. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1890)
"Therefore he answered as truly as need be, " By the grace of our Lady, nine."
Now nine is the crossest of all cross numbers, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"In the first place, I think you have no right to complain, inasmuch as you were
the crossest of the whole party ; in the second place, I have no right, ..."
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