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Definition of Ligers
1. liger [n] - See also: liger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligers
Literary usage of Ligers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"Verona, under the Scalas or Sca- ligers, 92, 95, 232, 384-385, 393, 403 Vienna,
Concordat of, 354-355 Vienne, Council of (1312). ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"... was a worthy successor of the Sca- ligers: his favourite expression was, that
he had trodden down his adversary. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1887)
"I also read in another book that in India they have young ligers for pets.
They are not dangerous if they are captured before they have tasted meat; but, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"The last of recent tiger-books which we shall notice is a great contrast to these
two sportsmen's annals of shooting ligers.t Captain Forsyth died in May ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1834)
"... the bill at the time of presentment for acceptance bore the following
indorsements:—" Wm. Led- den, Jared Bretts, Thomas Patterson, Robert ligers- wood. ..."
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