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Definition of Lickers
1. licker [n] - See also: licker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lickers
Literary usage of Lickers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg (1854)
"15, where quite the same antithesis is found between : "the sword shall eat thee
up as the lickers" (Nominat.) and " make thyself many as the lickers. ..."
2. History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts by Wilson Waters, Henry Spaulding Perham (1917)
""lickers" TO INDIANS. The people in the early days consumed much rum and strong
beer, but they soon discovered that such drinks were bad for Indians and ..."
3. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1902)
"At the same time it may be worth knowing that there is considerable danger of
fire where no " lickers- in " exist (especially where inflammable material is ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"... finisher cards are covered, this wire being stronger and coarser than the
ordinary card clothing wire. lickers-in may be garnetted with licker-in wire. ..."
5. The History of Wool and Woolcombing by James Burnley (1889)
"At the suggestion of Mr. Daniel Bateman, of Bradford, a burring roller was added
to the lickers-in in 1860-61. Mr. Bateman had first applied this apparatus ..."
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