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Definition of Drakes
1. drake [n] - See also: drake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drakes
Literary usage of Drakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"It belongs,' quoth the taylor, ' to John drakes, who will have it made in the
... John drakes had no time to go to the taylor's till Christmas-day, ..."
2. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"As Day-flies, or drakes, they exist for a brief time in two distinct stages, the
sub-imago (called by Theakston the pseudo-imago) and the imago; ..."
3. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"As Day-flies, or drakes, they exist for a brief time in two distinct stages, the
sub-imago (called by Theakston the pseudo-imago) and the imago; ..."
4. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1906)
"A briefe Historie of Sir Francis drakes Voyages. OF Sir Francis Drake Master
Camden reports that Sir Francis he hath heard him say of himselfe, ..."
5. Going to Markets and Grammar Schools: Being a Series of Autobiographical by George Griffith (1893)
"In 1782, the last of the Ashe drakes died, and five years later the ... In Musbury
church, a mile farther down the road, are monuments to drakes of Ashe. ..."
6. Ballads from Manuscripts by Richard Williams, Frederick James Furnivall (1873)
"... Discovrse of Sir Francis drakes west Indian Voyage, etc. London, 1589. 4to.
Dedicated by T(homas) C (ates) to ..."
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