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Definition of Spaders
1. spader [n] - See also: spader
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spaders
Literary usage of Spaders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1854)
"The spaders all did their work well, and within the hour allotted. If any fault
was to be found, it was on the ground that the spaders were too ambitious, ..."
2. Organic Lies: Misconceptions of the United States Organic Act in America and ...by Mary Choate by Mary Choate (2007)
"18 The tractors only require 41 spaders: these 82 extra spaders represent the
cost of using horses. The difference between the tractors and the horses. ..."
3. British Farmer's Magazine (1865)
"1 90 One man with spaders and eight horses, travelling the same
distance (sixteen-and-a-half miles, spaders 3 feet 8 inches in length), will
prepare and ..."
4. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields ...by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"... there is no savings from the tractor 18 The tractors only require 41 spaders:
these 82 extra spaders represent the cost of using horses. ..."
5. A History of French Painting from Its Earliest to Its Latest Practice by Clara Cornelia Harrison Stranahan (1888)
"... New York: The spaders (drawing); Hush of Night; Dog Listening (pastel); View
of Farmyard (of artist's early home); Peasant Woman's Toilet (drawing); ..."
6. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"Generally fourteen working hours were taken to fill a 60-foot section of arch
and side wall, using for the day shift four or five spaders and twelve ..."
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