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Definition of Kingcrafts
1. kingcraft [n] - See also: kingcraft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingcrafts
Literary usage of Kingcrafts
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)
"Defined as the art of governing ; " an accomplishment there is but little doubt
kingcrafts jockey will show he possesses. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"... as, weary of the Old World, its kingcrafts and superstitions, he had resolved
to seek the freshening air of the Great Republic of the West. ..."
3. Social Forces in England and America by Herbert George Wells (1914)
"... and kingcrafts, has done, so it seems, only to make way for these obscure
political conspiracies. ..."
4. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1872)
"... the kingcrafts, and the Cymbals; and though her weight is great, yet we must
remember what Speculum did. And what was Speculum, compared with ..."
5. An Englishman Looks at the World: Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks by Herbert George Wells (1914)
"... and kingcrafts, has done so, it seems, only t& make way for these obscure
political conspiracies. Instead of liberal institutions, mankind has invented ..."
6. Aspects of Scepticism: With Special Reference to the Present Time by John Fordyce (1883)
"... the less chance for bondage or despotism of any kind, whether of the lusts
and passions within, or the priestcraft and kingcrafts without, man. ..."
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