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Definition of Hatstands
1. hatstand [n] - See also: hatstand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatstands
Literary usage of Hatstands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... signed by the Chairman, ROGER BACON ; the incidental notice of the first
introduction of hatstands into this country from the Persian Gulf; ..."
2. Reminiscences by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1898)
"At dawn, as quietly as might be, the bedding was cleared away, the Vorsaal swept
and scoured, elegant lamps, hatstands, and other pieces of furniture ..."
3. Misalliance: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play. With a by Bernard Shaw (1914)
"Anybody can do lamps and hatstands. / can do silver bullets. That is really hard.
[She passes on to Lord Summerhays, and looks gravely down at him as he ..."
4. Some Useful Animals and what They Do for Us by John Monteith, Caroline Monteith (1903)
"Stag horns are there used for umbrella stands, hatstands, and for hanging lamps on.
The horns are also cut into ornaments, pins, and bracelets. ..."
5. Industrial Education by United States Bureau of Labor, Jesse Chester Bowen, Charles Henry Winslow (1911)
"Equipment: 24 hatstands and all necessary equipment. EVENING SCHOOL.
DRESSMAKING.—Equipment: Day school equipment is used. Practice: Same as the day
course. ..."
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