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Definition of Plowboys
1. plowboy [n] - See also: plowboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plowboys
Literary usage of Plowboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the American People by Francis Newton Thorpe (1901)
"As the war went on, the qualities of the "plowboys" were fully displayed, as we
shall see. The English army was well drilled, but badly officered, ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"... membranous matter is browned and aggregated into small nodules, which constitute
the " scratchings "—a delicacy greatly relished by our British plowboys ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"... delicacy greatly relished by our British plowboys at pig-killing time, but
rather too rich in pork-fat to supply a suitable meal for people of sedentary ..."
4. The Bookman (1899)
"1 'Tis a good thing for the oafs and plowboys of Brunswick. For there are none
better." "Philemon Hennion? ..."
5. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1913)
"Where cattle drink by shady streams, Where wave the yellow fields of wheat, Where
plowboys drive their sweating teams, Send out thy notes prolonged and ..."
6. English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the by William Joseph Long (1909)
"Not only scholars and literary men, but " even plowboys and maid servants," says
a contemporary, eagerly spent their ..."
7. A History of the American People by Francis Newton Thorpe (1901)
"As the war went on, the qualities of the "plowboys" were fully displayed, as we
shall see. The English army was well drilled, but badly officered, ..."
8. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"... membranous matter is browned and aggregated into small nodules, which constitute
the " scratchings "—a delicacy greatly relished by our British plowboys ..."
9. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"... delicacy greatly relished by our British plowboys at pig-killing time, but
rather too rich in pork-fat to supply a suitable meal for people of sedentary ..."
10. The Bookman (1899)
"1 'Tis a good thing for the oafs and plowboys of Brunswick. For there are none
better." "Philemon Hennion? ..."
11. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1913)
"Where cattle drink by shady streams, Where wave the yellow fields of wheat, Where
plowboys drive their sweating teams, Send out thy notes prolonged and ..."
12. English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the by William Joseph Long (1909)
"Not only scholars and literary men, but " even plowboys and maid servants," says
a contemporary, eagerly spent their ..."
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