Definition of Gansey

1. a woollen sweater [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gansey

ganofs
ganoid
ganoid fish
ganoidal
ganoidei
ganoidian
ganoidians
ganoids
ganoin
ganoine
ganoines
ganoins
ganomalite
ganophyllite
gans
gansey (current term)
ganseys
ganted
gantelope
gantelopes
gantenerumab
ganterite
ganting
gantlet
gantleted
gantleting
gantlets
gantline
gantlines
gantlope

Literary usage of Gansey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Poets and Poetry of Ireland: And Choice Selections in Prose from by Richard Nagle (1887)
"And each and every time did gansey meekly but incorrigibly reply: " Your honor, ... And every time that gansey made this answer, did Callaghan, ..."

2. The Works of William H. Seward by William Henry Seward (1888)
"... on the subject of the requisition for the surrender of Peter Johnson, Edward Smith, and Isaac gansey, alleged to be .citizens of this state, ..."

3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"... charging three negro hands on the vessel—Peter Johnson, Edward Smith, and Isaac gansey—with theft of his slave, procured a requisition on the Governor ..."

4. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1909)
"It is interesting to note how the court in the gansey case last above cited explained its decision with reference to this rule. Said Judge Burgess: "It is ..."

5. Writings and Speeches of Alvan Stewart, on Slavery by Alvan Stewart, Luther Rawson Marsh (1860)
"... and ISAAC gansey or G ARSEY, men of color, at the time attached to the schooner Robert Centre, and believed to have been residents of the city or State ..."

6. The Popular Poets and Poetry of Ireland: And Choice Selections in Prose from by Richard Nagle (1887)
"And each and every time did gansey meekly but incorrigibly reply: " Your honor, ... And every time that gansey made this answer, did Callaghan, ..."

7. The Works of William H. Seward by William Henry Seward (1888)
"... on the subject of the requisition for the surrender of Peter Johnson, Edward Smith, and Isaac gansey, alleged to be .citizens of this state, ..."

8. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"... charging three negro hands on the vessel—Peter Johnson, Edward Smith, and Isaac gansey—with theft of his slave, procured a requisition on the Governor ..."

9. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1909)
"It is interesting to note how the court in the gansey case last above cited explained its decision with reference to this rule. Said Judge Burgess: "It is ..."

10. Writings and Speeches of Alvan Stewart, on Slavery by Alvan Stewart, Luther Rawson Marsh (1860)
"... and ISAAC gansey or G ARSEY, men of color, at the time attached to the schooner Robert Centre, and believed to have been residents of the city or State ..."

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