Definition of Hurriers

1. Noun. (plural of hurrier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hurriers

1. hurrier [n] - See also: hurrier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurriers

hurricane deck
hurricane lamp
hurricane lantern
hurricane roof
hurricanelike
hurricanes
hurricano
hurricanoes
hurricanos
hurried
hurried up
hurriedly
hurriedness
hurriednesses
hurrier
hurriers (current term)
hurries
hurries up
hurry
hurry-skurry
hurry up
hurryed
hurrying
hurrying up
hurryingly
hurryings
hurst
hursts
hurt
hurt locker

Literary usage of Hurriers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Facts: Notes and Statistics Relative to the Government, Resources by George Palmer Putnam (1845)
"A reference to the tables will shew seventeen out of thirty, in six pits, between that age and nine. "hurriers are children who draw loaded ..."

2. Geological and Mining Report on the Leinster Coal District by Richard John Griffith (1814)
"... should be discontinued; that each collier should work for himself; that hurriers should be paid by the ton for drawing the coals to the pit bottom, and, ..."

3. Histories of Bolton and Bowling (townships of Bradford): Historically and by William Cudworth (1891)
"4d. a dozen of twenty-six corves at the two Gin Pits, whereof the hurriers are to have l)4d. "At the Sough Pit 3s. nd., whereof the collier is to take 1d. ..."

4. The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire by Joseph Tilley (1899)
"It is not necessary, says Hodder, " to describe how the sides of the hurriers were blistered and their ankles strained, how their backs were chafed by ..."

5. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"In the pages of Life he discovered some comic pictures illustrating the possibility of applying electrical hurriers to messenger boys, waiters, etc. ..."

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