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Definition of Lamster
1. a fugitive [n -S] - See also: fugitive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamster
Literary usage of Lamster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"Evidence is accumulating that periodontal microbiota are involved in the development
of various systemic diseases (Greenstein and lamster, 2000; ..."
2. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Gordon JM, lamster IB, Seiger MC. Efficacy of Listerine antiseptic in inhibiting
the development of plaque and gingivitis. J Clin Periodontol 1985: ..."
3. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"415. lamster, the cricetus, or German rat of Button, iii. 13. land, sufficient
to vindicate the dominion of man over other animals, a poor assertion; a man, ..."
4. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"... 'he destructive capability of the animal may be gathered from the fact that
a single lamster has been known to hoard no less than sixty pounds of corn ..."