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Definition of Foregathers
1. foregather [v] - See also: foregather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foregathers
Literary usage of Foregathers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"And I draws a jug o' Santiago rum, and there was lemons an' sugar and a little
ice, and we foregathers like a couple of old shipmates after a foreign cruise ..."
2. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"But in Noon he expresses his real self, and lies on the ' spindles ' of grass, '
fearless of the things that creep'; and in Summer Images he foregathers, ..."
3. Criminology by Raffaele Garofalo (1914)
"foregathers with his most intimate friends. With them he can <l\ne, play cards
and billiards, and in general while away the time in most agreeable fashion. ..."
4. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"In such cases the individual foregathers with others not from love but to gain
a sounding-board for his " I," to exalt his own self by bringing under or ..."
5. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1909)
"His business during the day is carried on in a very business-like way, but when
he goes to his luncheon at midday he foregathers at his clubs and in the ..."
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