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Definition of Outscolds
1. outscold [v] - See also: outscold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outscolds
Literary usage of Outscolds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1806)
"... Sweats in the crowded theatre, and, squeez'd ' And bored with elbow-points
through both his sides, ' outscolds the ranting actor on the stage. ..."
2. The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning by Oliphant (Margaret) (1882)
"... And bored with elbow points, through both his sides outscolds the ranting
actor on the stage; Nor his who patient stands till his feet throb, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... with elbow-points through both his si outscolds the ranting actor on the stage:
Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb, And his head thumps, ..."
4. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"Not such his evening, who with shining face Sweats in the crowded theatre, and,
squeezed And bored with elbow-points through both his sides, outscolds the ..."
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