Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickwick
Literary usage of Pickwick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"pickwick. good- humored glance at his companion, that I never consulted you about
... She had long worshipped Mr. pickwick at a distance, but here she was, ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"Mr. pickwick sat opposite the tipstaff; and the tipstaff sat with his hat ...
They stopped at length, and Mr. pickwick alighted at the gate of the Fleet. ..."
3. The Dickens Dictionary: A Key to the Characters and Principal Incidents in by Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1900)
"A little, high-shouldered, keen-eyed old man, whom Mr. pickwick casually meets
... Dowler, and master of ceremonies at the ball which Mr. pickwick attends. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"A proper " pickwick," therefore, should lave this important green cover bound up
... In the marvellous " pickwick " panorama, the work of a young man of ..."
5. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"WRITING THE pickwick PAPERS. 1837. First Letter from him—As he was Thirty-five
Years ago—Mrs. Carlyle and Leigh Hunt—Birth of Eldest Son—From ..."
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