2. Noun. (plural of davenport) ¹
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Definition of Davenports
1. davenport [n] - See also: davenport
Lexicographical Neighbors of Davenports
Literary usage of Davenports
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Record of the Boston Stage by William Warland Clapp (1853)
"The davenports at the Lion. —Mechanics' Institute. —The Melodeon, etc. etc.
IN tke latter part of the year 1835, Mr. James Raymond and associates, ..."
2. Spiritual Magazine (1870)
"In 1864, Dr. Ferguson visited this country in company with the davenports.
That a man of his position and talents should have allied himself with these ..."
3. County Families of Lancashire and Cheshire by James Croston (1887)
"THE davenports. BOUT five miles north-east of the town of Sandbach, and about
midway between Somerford and Holmes Chapel, where the river Dane winds its way ..."
4. Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, from 1638 to 1649 by New Haven (Colony), New Haven (Conn.) (1857)
"... their land on yc east sid, betwixt the red rocke <fe Mr. davenports farme, &
the court ordred that it should be laid out together that they maye plant. ..."
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