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Definition of Gettings
1. getting [n] - See also: getting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gettings
Literary usage of Gettings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"The record did not show what evidence was before the orphans' court respecting
the sale of the property by gettings. Upon the appeal to the circuit court, ..."
2. Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Robbers and Murderers, of by Charles Whitehead (1854)
"Nay, pray sir," said gettings, " let me leave the goods here, for I am quite weary
... Very well, sir," said gettings, " since I must carry them away, ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, John A. Smith, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"Good health and gettings, and advanced well in the whole of my estate, for which
God make me thankful! May 1st. At noon, my cozen Thomas Pepys did come to ..."
4. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1914)
"George gettings and Robt. Lord, sr., selectmen of Ipswich, in the name of the rest.
Verdict for plaintiff. His title to the commonage of Ipswich.f tree and ..."
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