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Definition of Flinchers
1. flincher [n] - See also: flincher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flinchers
Literary usage of Flinchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"An awful warning to all '' flinchers'' occurred shortly before Mr. Hunt's arrival.
A young naval officer had recently been sent out by the emperor to take ..."
2. Works of Fisher Ames: With a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence by Fisher Ames, Seth Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1854)
"Our federal few ought not, I am sure, to be the advocates of Great Britain, nor
yet flinchers from the truth of principles. There are ways of stating the ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"Hang 'em, flinchers ; they slunk away as soon as they had drank as much as they
were able to cany, which no generous spirit would ha' done, indeed. ..."
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