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Definition of Riflers
1. rifler [n] - See also: rifler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riflers
Literary usage of Riflers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Last of the Barons by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1877)
"A cry was heard—" See, the riflers of the dead !" Armed men bounded forward, and
the startled wretches uttered a shrill unearthly scream, and fled from the ..."
2. Rob Roy by Walter Scott, David Henry Montgomery (1894)
"Hood and bells: falcons or hawks, used to catch game, have small bells attached
to their feet, and wear hoods when not hunting. Kites and riflers : inferior ..."
3. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"242) sup- case it is the neatest and most decidedly poses these to have been the
work of artificial passage that cuts through the former riflers. ..."
4. A Documentary History of Chelsea: Including the Boston Precincts of by Mellen Chamberlain, Jenny Chamberlain Watts, William Richard Cutter, Massachusetts Historical Society (1908)
"... all our lines were mann'd — & we riflers were left at full liberty to range
at large & take what ground we pleased — Col Thompson therefore posted us in ..."
5. A Documentary History of Chelsea: Including the Boston Precincts of by Mellen Chamberlain, Jenny Chamberlain Watts, William Richard Cutter, Massachusetts Historical Society (1908)
"... all our lines were mann'd — ft we riflers were left at full liberty to range
at large & take what ground we pleased — Col Thompson therefore posted us ..."
6. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1895)
"... -riflers in recent times has been the leavings of earlier riflers; and ruined
walls at pavement level, and the most broken of debris, have constituted ..."
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