Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawks
Literary usage of Pawks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"pawks] Stratagems. Pith] Strength. „ l,ee] A piece of ground let ru n into gras*
or pasture. Fishwife] A woman thats sells fish. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... A jibe * leaves after it a stang* For be they weak or be they strang*, To mak
them think on't; and a laird* Wi pawks * and wiles, whar pith * is wantin, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Bailments: Contracts Connected with the Custody and by Isaac Edwards (1878)
"... OB pawks. § 228. From motives of public policy several classes of contracts
are pronounced void by the statute of frauds, unless made in ^writing. ..."
4. Essays Educational by Azarias (1896)
"... well known to be the best divines of all the Roman Catholic party; and by the
French bishops and Pope Alexander VII." London: T. pawks, 1680. ..."
5. The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants by Louis Figuier (1869)
"Under four inches they are called pawks, and these are the best summer lobsters.
The pincers of one of the lobster's large claws are furnished with knobs ..."
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