Definition of Primuses

1. primus [n] - See also: primus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primuses

primrose paths
primrosed
primroselike
primroses
primrosy
prims
primsie
primsier
primsiest
primula
primulaceous
primulas
primulin
primum mobile
primus
primuses (current term)
primy
primæval
prince's-feather
prince's-plume
prince's pine
prince-bishop
prince bishop
prince consort
prince regent
princed
princedom
princedoms

Literary usage of Primuses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the by Roald Amundsen (1913)
"... of questions and answers, it was decided that Hassel should be the first. What it was I could not make out. I heard them talk about one or two primuses ..."

2. My Study Windows by James Russell Lowell (1876)
"... the paeon primuses, and what not, with which he darkens verses that are to be explained only by the contemporary habits of pronunciation. ..."

3. My Study Windows by James Russell Lowell (1884)
"... the paeon primuses, and what not, with which he darkens verses that are to be explained only by the contemporary habits of pronunciation. ..."

4. My Study Windows by James Russell Lowell (1913)
"... the paeon primuses, and what not, with which he darkens verses that are to be explained only by the contemporary habits of pronunciation. ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"It is an important point in the growing of these grafted primuses to remove all sprouts from the stock as soon as they appear. This is particularly, true of ..."

6. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1835)
"... which primuses to he of great importance, namely, cooking Ьч <os; I know one family win have used no other fuel for conking for the la-t two year", ..."

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