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Definition of Pittances
1. pittance [n] - See also: pittance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pittances
Literary usage of Pittances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. by William Ellery Channing (1894)
"The laborers subscribe their weekly pittances to these institutions, and draw
out comfortable supplies, in case of sickness, old age, burials, ..."
2. Travels on the Western Slope of the Mexican Cordillera: In the Form of Fifty by Cincinnatus (1857)
"... of Peones to Citizens—Their Slave-like appearance—pittances paid to the
Clergy-Market-time—Reason thereof—Provisions—Fruits—Prices of the same. ..."
3. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"... class from extreme want, the foreign authorities organised an institution of
Beneficence, providing work and daily pittances of food to all applicants. ..."
4. Extracts from the records of the royal burgh of Lanark: With Charters and by Lanark (Scotland), Robert Renwick (1902)
"... or therein-, pertaining and adjacent to the said chapel, together with the
pittances, obit money, or obit silver, or commons, which before were wont to ..."
5. The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. by William Ellery Channing (1894)
"The laborers subscribe their weekly pittances to these institutions, and draw
out comfortable supplies, in case of sickness, old age, burials, ..."
6. Travels on the Western Slope of the Mexican Cordillera: In the Form of Fifty by Cincinnatus (1857)
"... of Peones to Citizens—Their Slave-like appearance—pittances paid to the
Clergy-Market-time—Reason thereof—Provisions—Fruits—Prices of the same. ..."
7. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"... class from extreme want, the foreign authorities organised an institution of
Beneficence, providing work and daily pittances of food to all applicants. ..."
8. Extracts from the records of the royal burgh of Lanark: With Charters and by Lanark (Scotland), Robert Renwick (1902)
"... or therein-, pertaining and adjacent to the said chapel, together with the
pittances, obit money, or obit silver, or commons, which before were wont to ..."
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