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Definition of Standups
1. standup [n] - See also: standup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standups
Literary usage of Standups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Only a few favored youths, chiefly scholars, were invited to what were called "
the standups' ' —that is, to parties at the master's lodge, ..."
2. A Memorial of a True Life: A Biography of Hugh Mcallister Beaver by Robert Elliott Speer (1898)
"... of Governor Curtin on the I5th. So my hopes of staying at home and escaping
the crowds, long marches and tiresome standups are pretty much blasted. ..."
3. Book of Business Letters by Charles Currier Beale (1892)
"1-inch stock also sells well in this market, if free from knots and standups.
It must be sound, tight-kneed, and with no large branch-knots. ..."
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