Lexicographical Neighbors of Liggings
Literary usage of Liggings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of British Columbia, 1792-1887 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Alfred Bates (1887)
"Another writer more definitely expressed his belief that hill-<liggings would be
found along a supposed ancient stream running from the Bald Mountains ..."
2. The House of Lords Cases on Appeals and Writs of Error, Claims of Peerage ...by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Charles Clark, William Finnelly by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Charles Clark, William Finnelly (1871)
"Napper 566 liggings v. Inge 302 Liverpool, Mayor of, P. Overseers Llewellyn v.
Jersey 380 London and Blackwall Railway p. of West Derby 452 Limehouse ..."
3. Treasure by Gertrude Singleton Mathews (1917)
"There was no note of the place, and the exhaustion of the liggings was palpable.
But my con- at there was another somewhere was persistent. ..."
4. Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee by Smithsonian Institution (1915)
"Two t gashes had been made through the opposite ends of the mound liggings of
many years ago, each cut partially exposing the s of a single long room. ..."
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