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Definition of Mattocks
1. mattock [n] - See also: mattock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mattocks
Literary usage of Mattocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Mrs. mattocks acted Statira and Miss Aubrey. 25. Englishman in Paris. ... Mrs.
mattocks acted Lady Macbeth. 9. King Lear = Wroughton : Edgar = Palmer: ..."
2. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by C. L. Hunter (1877)
"Captain John mattocks was one of the brave soldiers who fell at King's Mountain.
... John and Charles mattocks were staunch Whigs, ever ready to engage in ..."
3. Handbook of Construction Equipment: Its Cost and Use by Richard Turner Dana (1921)
"SECTION 63 PICKS AND mattocks Net prices at Chicago for picks and ... The net
prices for asphalt mattocks in quantities, at Chicago, are as follows. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... 1776, with Macklin as Sir Paul, Miss Macklin as Lath/ J'lyant, and Mrs.
mattocks as Lady Froth, and in 1782 with Henderson as ..."
5. Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres: Including General by Leigh Hunt (1807)
"mattocks. GREAT comic powers may easily be recognizer!,, though their possessor
should ... mattocks, though she is apt to become flippant and farcical, ..."
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