Lexicographical Neighbors of Gownboy
Literary usage of Gownboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Wesley the Methodist: A Plain Account of His Life and Work by John Fletcher Hurst (1903)
"The gownboy of the Charterhouse. A Friendly Duke.—The Charterhouse School.—John's
School Days.— The Epworth Ghost.—The Brothers at Westminster. QRS. ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Dick Steele, the Charterhouse gownboy, contracto! such an admiration in the years
of his childhood, and retained it faithfully through his life. ..."
3. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"Dick Steele, the Charterhouse gownboy, contracted such an admiration in the years
of his childhood, and retained it faithfully through his life. ..."
4. An Introduction to English Literature by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1894)
"Dick Steele, the Charterhouse gownboy, contracted such an admiration in the years
of his childhood, and retained it faithfully through his life. ..."
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