Lexicographical Neighbors of Pincase
Literary usage of Pincase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"Pimenta, i. piment, m. —. vn. faire le maquereau "imp, s. maquereau, m. — to play
with, quille, i. — up, retrousser pincase, s. étui, m., ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Another of the cuts shows the outlines of a pocket pincase taken by Dr. KR Tatnall.
Every pin shows clearly in its place. Some flowers painted upon one of ..."
3. Clement Robinson and Divers Others: A Handful of Pleasant Delights by Clement Robinson (1895)
"U Thy purse and eke thy gay guilt kniues, ' thy pincase gallant to the eie : No
better wore the ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"So mot I thrive then for my part, I beshrew thy knave's naked heart, For making
my wife's pincase so wide, The pins fall out, they cannot abide ..."
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