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Definition of Singletons
1. singleton [n] - See also: singleton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Singletons
Literary usage of Singletons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Whist Reference Book: Wherein Information is Presented Concerning the by William Mill Butler (1898)
"... or none; while he leads short suits, or even singletons, he refuses to do so
when they are low cards demanding high play from third hand. ..."
2. William Gilmore Simms by William Peterfield Trent (1892)
"There were two seemingly distinct families of singletons in Charleston, and,
curiously enough, two Harriet singletons, daughters of two John singletons, ..."
3. Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, the Men (1915)
"The first record we have of the singletons in America was of Henry, who came over
in 1637, and settled in Elizabeth City County. A second Henry, with John, ..."
4. The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell of Reade Hall, Lancashire by Alexander Balloch Grosart, Alexander Nowell (1877)
"... in the County of Lancaster; and this legacy came to his wife in fulfilment of
Robert Novell's bequest: "I give to ev'ye one of singletons ..."
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