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Definition of Meerschaums
1. meerschaum [n] - See also: meerschaum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meerschaums
Literary usage of Meerschaums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Society Verse by American Writers edited by Ernest De Lancey Pierson (1887)
"MY meerschaums. CHARLES F. LUMMIS. I ONG pipes and short ones, straight and
curved, High carved and plain, dark-hued and creamy; Slim tubes for cigarettes ..."
2. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1862)
"The defendants invited estimates for 26 or 27 meerschaums, or retorts, to be
delivered in certain numbers, at certain dates; adding, " any number at our ..."
3. My Note Book by John Macgregor (1835)
"... and meerschaums; and the ladies, like Rachel, sitting over her father's
household gods, indulging in the supreme luxury of the Dutch fair, ..."
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