Lexicographical Neighbors of Figurers
Literary usage of Figurers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1892)
"... we must have figurers who will do correct work. (Applause.) THE PRESIDENT :
Is there any further discussion upon the report of that committee ? ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"Wit, wisdom and poetry are the only trans- figurers. Shakespeare, of course, had
certainly for canvas Lodge's ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Ucber die Wirkung der Flüsse auf die Gestalt und Beschaffenheit der Erdoberfläche (Mit
4 figurers). Von E. Bunker. A contribution to the discussion of the ..."
4. The Constitutional and Political History of the United States by Hermann Von Holst, John Joseph Lalor, Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1885)
"... not because they were conscious of greater and more devoted fidelity to
principle, but because of their deeper insight as political figurers. ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1859)
"... roubles, Francisconi, Testoni, lires, groschen, kreutzers, kopecks, leptos,
custom-house figurers, and money-changers ? ..."
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