Lexicographical Neighbors of Manty
Literary usage of Manty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charters, Writs, & Public Documents of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the by Dundee, Scotland (1880)
"ROBERTSON moved in Councill, that there was one MARY GEDDY, a manty maker, who
was come of respectable parents of this place, whom the Taylor trade impeded ..."
2. Charters, Writs and Public Documents of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the by Dundee (Scotland), Dundee, Scotland (1880)
"ROBERTSON moved in Councill, that there was one MARY GEDDY, a manty maker, who
was come of respectable parents of this place, whom the Taylor trade impeded ..."
3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"A death in the family might be of sarvice to you in callin' round you friends ez
could n't otherwise leave their business. That cough that little manty had ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A native or an inhabitant of Mantua. manty (man'ti), ». ; pi. ¡nanties (-tiz).
... My cousin's silk manty, and her gowd watch. Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian. ..."
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