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Definition of Patronly
1. patron [adj] - See also: patron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patronly
Literary usage of Patronly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1854)
"The patronly policy avowed by their proprietor was to tax them so much, that they
should have time to think of nothing but how to find the means of paying ..."
2. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1851)
"And this historical habit, which results from fear to offend the dominant party
or some patronly friend, or from the desire to ingratiate one's self with ..."
3. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1851)
"... the dominant party or some patronly friend, or from the desire to ingratiate
one's self ..."
4. The Geometrical Lectures of Isaac Barrow by Isaac Barrow (1916)
"... Should'st learn from it aught, both happy and sure In thy patronly favour
permit it endure, and is in the same handwriting as the inscription. ..."
5. The Spiritual Pilgrim: A Biography of James M. Peebles by Joseph Osgood Barrett (1878)
"Aunt Zuba caught sight of him, as he entered the gate, and, greeting him with a
smile, seeing his sadness, said very patronly, — " What, my little man, ..."
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