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Definition of Expunger
1. one that expunges [n -S] - See also: expunges
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expunger
Literary usage of Expunger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Lee by Fitzhugh Lee (1894)
"pleasure of hearing the great expunger again thunder from his place in the Senate
against banks, bribery, and corruption. While on the river I can not help ..."
2. Thomas Ritchie: A Study in Virginia Politics by Charles Henry Ambler (1913)
"By constantly referring to Benton as "the Great expunger" and to Rives as
the "Little expunger" and by ..."
3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1897)
"The state of his health not permitting him to partake of the banquet himself, he
retired after welcoming the guests, and placed ' the chief expunger,' as ..."
4. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"... and being too weak to sit at the table, he only met the company, placed the "
head-expunger " in his chair, and withdrew to his sick chamber. ..."
5. The Diary of Philip Hone, 1828-1851 by Philip Hone (1889)
"Another year has passed, and it would be well ** if the black lines of Benton,
the great expunger, could be drawn around in the calendar. ..."