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Definition of Poachings
1. poaching [n] - See also: poaching
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poachings
Literary usage of Poachings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"To them must be ascribed, the remarkable increase for the time of their presence,
of the usual number of thefts, pilfer- ings, poachings, &c. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"To them must be ascribed, the remarkable increase for the time of their presence,
of the usual number of thefts, pilfer- ings, poachings, &c. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"... poachings, &c. After they had been poaching tolerably extensively, which w<vs
followed by a hearty feast, Pace set to work, and before the morning he ..."
4. The Liberty Bell by Maria Weston Chapman (1853)
"BILL was cleverer about this sort of thing than about some others; for certain
night- poachings in a river at home had familiarized him ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1817)
"... poachings, &c. After they had been poaching tolerably extensively, which w<vs
followed by a hearty feast, Pace set to work, and before the morning he ..."
6. The Liberty Bell by Maria Weston Chapman (1853)
"BILL was cleverer about this sort of thing than about some others; for certain
night- poachings in a river at home had familiarized him ..."
7. A History of the Adirondacks by Alfred Lee Donaldson (1921)
"His whole nature slanted back to the beginnings of things and resented the
poachings of progress. He sought solitude and provender in the woods, not beauty. ..."
8. A History of the Adirondacks by Alfred Lee Donaldson (1921)
"His whole nature slanted back to the beginnings of things and resented the
poachings of progress. He sought solitude and provender in the woods, not beauty. ..."
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