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Definition of Possums
1. possum [n] - See also: possum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possums
Literary usage of Possums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"... in r--.p>Tt Lo It placed fully on a par with that winch we possums respecting
mo« t oilier .... possums ..."
2. Echoes from the Backwoods: Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life by Richard George Augustus Levinge (1846)
"... in a Stage — Davy Crockett — Economical dress for Jockeys —Mesmerising Deer—Lynch
Law—Captain Harris's Soiree —possums—Red River—Six Feet and a half. ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"An' it don't do to hunt no more 'possums, fur de debbil'djist as leab scratch de
end ob his* tail ag in a white man's church as ..."
4. The Story of My Life, Or, The Sunshine and Shadow of Seventy Years by Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1897)
"... Game-Bags and Lunch — Our Destination — Through Pine Forests and across Old
Fields — Dick's Intimate Acquaintance with Coons, 'possums, Woodchucks, ..."
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