Lexicographical Neighbors of Spreed
Literary usage of Spreed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"(2) a Spotted Dick is also a suet dumpling with currants in it; the same as SPECKT
BAW. spreed [spree-d], r.rt. to spread; pret. ..."
2. Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation by William Ernest Henley (1902)
"He {spreed' at painting, and he 'spreed' at life. He produced with extraordinary
facility; his hand was not less ready and accomplished than his brain was ..."
3. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"He ' spreed' at painting, and he ' spreed' at life. He produced with extraordinary
facility; his hand was not less ready and accomplished than his brain was ..."
4. The Folk-speech of South Cheshire by Thomas Darlington (1887)
"(2) a Spotted Dick is also a suet dumpling with currants in it ; the same as
SPECKT BAW. spreed [spree-d], va to spread; prêt. Sprod; p. part. ..."
Other Resources:
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