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Definition of Doled out
1. Adjective. Given out in portions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doled Out
Literary usage of Doled out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography of a Seaman by Thomas Cochrane Dundonald, George Butler Earp, William Jackson (1860)
"PITTANCES doled out TO WOUNDED OFFICERS. SINECURES COST MORE THAN ALL THE DOCKYARDS.
MY GRANDMOTHER'S PENSION. MR. WELLESLEY POLE'S EXPLANATION. ..."
2. The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Allan Cunningham (1833)
"In conversation Northcote spoke clearly, concisely, and fluently. In writing he
paused and pondered, doled out dull words, and was neither eloquent nor easy ..."
3. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage by Ann Eliza Young, John Bartholomew Gough, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1876)
"How the Prophet doled out his Silk.— Eliza Snow and Fanny's Finery. — The Prophet
Snubs Eliza. — He Combats the " Grecian Bend." — Dancing among the Saints. ..."
4. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"How the Prophet doled out his Silk. — Eliza Snow and Fanny's Finery. — The Prophet
Snubs Eliza. — He Combats the " Grecian Bend." — Dancing among the Saints ..."
5. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1902)
"But the effect of this deed was, that he was in the condition of a lunatic : his
income, upon the declaration of the defendant, to be doled out to him ..."
6. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"... and last evening we supped nobly on cold roast beef and ham, set generously
before us, in the mass, instead of being doled out in slices few and thin. ..."
7. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1876)
"and last evening we supped nobly on cold roast beef and ham, set generously before
us, in the mass, instead of being doled out in slices few and thin. ..."
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