2. Verb. (third-person singular of hamper) ¹
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Definition of Hampers
1. hamper [v] - See also: hamper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hampers
Literary usage of Hampers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"2715), hampers, flat boxes, and barrels. Lettuce is packed in barrels, 2715.
Basket-packed cucumbers, for a home trade. hampers, and frequently in crates 16 ..."
2. Health at School: Considered in Its Mental, Moral, and Physical Aspects by Clement Dukes (1905)
"hampers from home, generally injudicious in their contents, are a constant ...
In some schools hampers are already forbidden on this ground ; and this will ..."
3. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"Packing in hampers or Baskets. — Coniferous forest stock imported into the United
States from Europe is usually shipped in large hampers or baskets, ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"between the plaintiff and the defendant, who contracted to deliver three hampers
of silk—packed in three dozen hampers, to imitate bottled porter, ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"F. hampers. Frederick П, German King and Roman Emperor, son of Henry VI and
Constance of Sicily; b. 26 Dec., 1194; d. at Florentina, in Apulia, 13 Dec., ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"between the plaintiff and the defendant, who contracted to deliver three hampers
of silk—packed in three dozen hampers, to imitate bottled porter, ..."
7. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1893)
"... liable to the Distemper, and if they should complain of being ill he will
immediately acquaint the Selectmen, — has a few hampers of Bottles on Deck. ..."
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