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Definition of Sporters
1. sporter [n] - See also: sporter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporters
Literary usage of Sporters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bards of Angus and the Mearns: An Anthology of the Counties by Alan Reid (1897)
"... My Jenny aft strays the broom bushes amang, An' eyes the gay sporters that
dart through thy tide, Or blooms there a flower can wi' Jenny compare? ..."
2. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1903)
"I am sorry for that," cried Jenkinson ; " for as this gentleman and I have been
old fellow-sporters, I have a friendship for him ; but I must declare, ..."
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