Lexicographical Neighbors of Shagroons
Literary usage of Shagroons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colonial Experiences ; Or, Incidents and Reminiscences of Thirty-four Years by W. T. Pratt (1877)
"shagroons " left in undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds.
Happily for the mutual advantage of both ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... in it that the 'Pilgrims 'would be 'smashed,' and the shagroons left in
undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds." Pilot-bird, n. ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... also predicted in it that the 'Pilgrims' would be 'smashed' and the shagroons
left in undisputed possession of the country for their flocks and herds. ..."
4. The Book of Canterbury Rhymes (1866)
"One of the visitors, who seem to have delighted in the soubriquet of " shagroons,"
ventured to prophesy, in a letter which found its way into print, ..."
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