2. Noun. a jinx ¹
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Definition of Mockers
1. mocker [n] - See also: mocker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mockers
Literary usage of Mockers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"And of these things none are more wonderful than the tradition regarding the
fashion after which he was wont to rebuke the impudence of mockers. ..."
2. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1848)
"But these mockers say, since the time that the fathers died, even from the earliest
days of the world, the universal nature of things remains in the same ..."
3. The Alton Sermons by Augustus William Hare (1874)
"THE FOOLISH mockers. PROVERBS xiv. 9. Fools make a mock at sin. ... Now who are
these scornful persons, these mockers, whom holy men of old were so careful ..."
4. Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-life in Plain English for Beginners by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
""The family of mockers, Thrashers, and Wrens is one of the most interesting that
we shall meet in our Birdland excursions, for all its members are bright ..."
5. A critical and expository commentary on the book of Judges by Andrew Robert Fausset (1885)
"Chastisement of mockers.—As Gideon knew when to yield, so he knew when to be stern.
So the soldier of Christ, whilst he will readily yield to the brethren ..."
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