Definition of Shacklers

1. shackler [n] - See also: shackler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shacklers

shabrack
shabracks
shabu
shabynite
shack
shack up
shacked
shacked up
shacking
shacking up
shackle
shacklebone
shacklebones
shackled
shackler
shacklers (current term)
shackles
shacklike
shackling
shacklock
shacklocks
shackly
shacko
shackoes
shackos
shacks
shacks up
shacktown
shacktowns
shacky

Literary usage of Shacklers

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

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"shacklers, fruit or keys of Ash and Maple. (Cf. CATS-AND- KEYS, LOCKS-AND-KEYS, &C.) SHAKING GRASS, Briza media, L. Also called Shaky-grass. ..."

2. Wages and Earnings of the Working Classes: Report to Sir Arthur Bass, M.P. by Leone Levi (1885)
"... shacklers, 21s. to 25s.; sorters, lads and boys, 10s.; machine lads and boys, 7s. 3d.; tow carders, lads and boys, 7s. 6d.; women, 9s. ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Turn. Herb. pt. iii. 52. We can suggest no explanation of this name, which we nave not met with elsewhere. shacklers. Fruit of (1) Fraxinus ..."

4. Agricultural Economics by James Ernest Boyle (1921)
"The work was divided as follows: 1 general foreman; 1 foreman over yard gang; 1 driver up; 2 penners; 2 knockers; 2 shacklers; 1 hanger off for ..."

5. Agricultural Economics by James Ernest Boyle (1921)
"The work was divided as follows: 1 general foreman; 1 foreman over yard gang; 1 driver up; 2 penners; 2 knockers; 2 shacklers; 1 hanger off for ..."

6. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"Ficus Carica, L. Broad Figs, Dough Figs, Turkey Figs. Fraxinus excelsior, L. Ash-keys, Cats-and-Keys, shacklers. ..."

7. Editorials from The Washington Post, 1917-1920 by Ira Elbert Bennett (1921)
"The would-be shacklers of humanity know they are trapped, condemned and sentenced to destruction. Their day of execution is coming. ..."

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