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Definition of Pitiers
1. pitier [n] - See also: pitier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitiers
Literary usage of Pitiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"Sometimes, nevertheless, when he was hard beset by gibes and jeers at his loss
of sport; or by a chorus of mock pitiers shouting out, " Poor Crisp! poor ..."
2. Our Home Or, the Key to a Nobler Life by Charles Edward Sargent (1890)
"The pitiers are represented by the sentimentalists, who speak in touching
generalities about the sufferings of humanity; the helpers, by the asylums and ..."
3. The Conduct of Life by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1904)
"... who make their own invitation to your hearth; the persevering talker, who
gives you his society in large saturating doses ; the pitiers of themselves, ..."
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