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Definition of Sloes
1. sloe [n] - See also: sloe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloes
Literary usage of Sloes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... the projecting forward of the side wings so as to get better light to the
rooms in them by having windows on both sloes, such projections varying the ..."
2. Valencia and Murcia: A Glance at African Spain by Albert Frederick Calvert (1911)
"... burnt by the sun, with eyes like sloes and jet-black hair, hail you in eager
tones. They thrust towards you sinewy arms holding cups of milk or wine and ..."
3. Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated: with by Henry Phillips (1823)
"... but of later years, the Acacia Germanica, which is made from unripe sloes, is
preferred as an astringent medicine to the true acacia. ROSE ACACIA. ..."
4. Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated: with by Henry Phillips (1823)
"... but of later years, the Acacia Germanica, which is made from unripe sloes, is
preferred as an astringent medicine to the true acacia. ROSE ACACIA. ..."
5. Woods and Dales of Derbyshire by James Samuel Stone (1893)
"... and would know nothing of picking sloes in the wild wood or crabs in the
orchard—and for such people these ballad- writers had no care. ..."
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