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Definition of Spryer
1. spry [adj] - See also: spry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spryer
Literary usage of Spryer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"spryer ! what do you mean ?' ' You should have taken time by the forelock, and
the dish directly it met your view. You should have gathered your rosebuds ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1901)
"David Harum said, " Ev'ry hoss c'n do a thing better V spryer if he's ben broke
to it as a colt." Can all this be accomplished ? Yea, verily. ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1901)
"David Harum said, " Ev'ry hoss c'n do a thing better V spryer if he's ben broke
to it as a colt." Can all this be accomplished ? Yea, verily. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"You got to work that han' o' yo's spryer than you doin', or I 'll take the rawhide.
You done fo'got w"at the rawhide tas'e like, I reckon »—a reminder which ..."
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