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Definition of Fanciers
1. fancier [n] - See also: fancier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanciers
Literary usage of Fanciers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1896)
"fanciers almost unanimously believe that the different races are descended from
several wild stocks, whereas most naturalists believe that all are descended ..."
2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"fanciers almost unanimously believe that the different races are descended from
several wild stocks, whereas most naturalists believe that all are descended ..."
3. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"fanciers almost unanimously believe that the different races are descended from
several wild stocks, ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... relied on for reproducing their own distinctive peculiarities in the descendants,
and hence constituting what are regarded by fanciers as pure breeds. ..."
5. Our Domestic Birds by John Henry Robinson (1913)
"POULTRY fanciers' FARMS A large proportion of poultry fanciers are city people
who have ... Such fanciers have to find farmers to grow chickens for them. ..."
6. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"Some fanciers desire the wattle to extend under the lower beak, ... Thus English
fanciers, or at least exhibitors, will probably differ from him in what he ..."
7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The species known to gardeners are few, although many kinds are or have been in
cultivation by fanciers and in collections. They usually require much rafter ..."
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