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Definition of Hovels
1. hovel [v] - See also: hovel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hovels
Literary usage of Hovels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"They were accordingly, followed at night in wretched hovels half hidden among
the rocks. During the autumn of 1857, 300 dwellings were removed or demolished ..."
2. History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1856)
"... To the great European world the few tenants of ~^v^ the mud-hovels and log-cabins
at Salem might appear 1629. ^00 insignificant to merit notice ..."
3. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"We then proceed to the S., passing several hovels, and at the point where the
path entere an oak-plantation descend to the right to ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"custom to dwell in separate hovels outside the boundary of the village, and to
perform all menial services. They are described as a laborious, frugal, ..."
5. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"... long low rude hovels, roofed only with the stalks of palin leaves. The proper
territory of the tribe commences here, and includes the mountains further ..."
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