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Definition of Jolters
1. jolter [n] - See also: jolter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jolters
Literary usage of Jolters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... a rambling sort of way of its own—yet probably, we keep as close to the main
road of our argument as the jolters. We have been throwing out a few ..."
2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1848)
"On the Kerry coast," it is said, " black soles, the finest in the world, are sold
to the jolters at from l$d. to ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1848)
"... them weighing from 20 Ibs. to 301' Soles are thus spoken of on the coast of
Kerry. Black soles, the finest ¡a № world, are sold to the jolters at from ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"... so neatly are they potted and labelled ; and, withal, so safely packed, that
those jolters—the express-men—seem to have no power over the prisoners. ..."
5. A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland: Drawn Up from the by William Shaw Mason (1819)
"It is remarkable for large cockles and oysters ; the cockles are carried by
hundreds of jolters as far as Kilkenny. Preparations are now making for forming ..."
6. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"... or "jolters," people with donkey-carts, who supplied the surrounding country.
Again, in dealing with Scotch fisheries, he should point out that Irishmen ..."
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