Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantoes
Literary usage of Mantoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1858)
"(1.) Ward was bound an apprentice by indentures to Robert Ward of Darlington,
and served him 7 yeares. Wm. Bell. (2.) mantoes is a ..."
2. Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"... a pretty effect with their oriental-looking jalousies ; and crowds of
pedestrians—militars, civicos, and saya-y-mantoes were thronging the trottoirs. ..."
3. Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"... a pretty effect with their oriental-looking jalousies ; and crowds of
pedestrians—militars, civicos, and saya-y-mantoes were thronging the trottoirs. ..."
4. Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan by Frederick Tupper, James Waddell Tupper (1914)
"If you have blacks of any kind, brought in of late; mantoes velvet scarfs petticoats
let it be what it will—I am your cbap for all my ladies are very fond ..."
5. The Beggar's Opera by John Christopher Pepusch, John Gay (1920)
"If you have Blacks of any kind, brought in of late ; mantoes —Velvet Scarfs
Petticoats Let it be what it will 1 am your Chap for all my Ladies are very fond ..."
6. The Language of Color by Matthew Luckiesh (1918)
"—SHAKESPEARE. "I will possess him of yellowness." "Jealous piques, Which th'
ancients wisely signified By th' yellow mantoes of the bride." —Idem. —BUTLER. ..."
7. The Beggar's Opera: As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincolns-Inn Fields by John Christopher Pepusch, John Gay (1728)
"... brought in of late; mantoes — Velvet Scarfs — Petticoats — Let it be what it
will•— I am your Chap — for all my Ladies are very fond of Mourning. , . ..."
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