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Definition of Gaspy
1. in a gasping manner [adj GASPIER, GASPIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaspy
| gasotransmitters gasp gasped gasper gaspereau gaspereaux gaspers gaspier gaspiest gasping | gasping disease gaspingly gaspings gasps gaspt gaspy (current term) |
Literary usage of Gaspy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foster's Cabinet Miscellany: A Series of Publications on Various Subjects by Theodore Foster (1836)
"Mr. gaspy had been previously favourably known as a literary gentleman. ... Mr.
gaspy, however, showed good judgment in his selections of matter. ..."
2. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1900)
"... the elder, for a burgage, 12d. ; from Robert gaspy for a burgage, ...
from Robert gaspy for two burgage», 2d. ; from William de Kanc[ia,] for one ..."
3. The Great Metropolis by James Grant (1837)
"At the end of four years, Mr. Colburn, the enterprising publisher of Great
Marlborough-street, purchased a majority of shares from Mr. Valpy, and Mr. gaspy ..."
4. The Rhode Island Historical Magazine edited by Henry Edward Turner, Risbrough Hammett Tilley (1880)
"bridge, forty-seven dollars and one shilling, lawful silver money, which sum I
received on account of Joseph gaspy, listing a soldier for three years in the ..."
5. Folks from Dixie by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1898)
"His pappy jump lak he was shot, an' tu'n right pale, den he say kin' o' slow an'
gaspy-lak, ' Don't evah let me ..."
6. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"... and that was the gaspy shock that took my breath away the first time that I
was discharged from the summit of a toboggan slide. ..."
7. Foster's Cabinet Miscellany: A Series of Publications on Various Subjects by Theodore Foster (1836)
"Mr. gaspy had been previously favourably known as a literary gentleman. ... Mr.
gaspy, however, showed good judgment in his selections of matter. ..."
8. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1900)
"... the elder, for a burgage, 12d. ; from Robert gaspy for a burgage, ...
from Robert gaspy for two burgage», 2d. ; from William de Kanc[ia,] for one ..."
9. The Great Metropolis by James Grant (1837)
"At the end of four years, Mr. Colburn, the enterprising publisher of Great
Marlborough-street, purchased a majority of shares from Mr. Valpy, and Mr. gaspy ..."
10. The Rhode Island Historical Magazine edited by Henry Edward Turner, Risbrough Hammett Tilley (1880)
"bridge, forty-seven dollars and one shilling, lawful silver money, which sum I
received on account of Joseph gaspy, listing a soldier for three years in the ..."
11. Folks from Dixie by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1898)
"His pappy jump lak he was shot, an' tu'n right pale, den he say kin' o' slow an'
gaspy-lak, ' Don't evah let me ..."
12. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"... and that was the gaspy shock that took my breath away the first time that I
was discharged from the summit of a toboggan slide. ..."
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