Lexicographical Neighbors of Starvations
Literary usage of Starvations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern by Thomas Cooper De Leon (1890)
"They were known as "starvations;" and all refreshments whatever were forbidden,
save what could be drawn ... The "starvations" were not the only amusements. ..."
2. Pediatrics (1901)
"C. O'DAY, MD, Montpelier, Ind. BY the term " Two starvations " the writer desires
to speak only of the two varieties most frequently met with in general ..."
3. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"1 " A starvations spot ;" a cold or unsheltered situation.' Wb. Gl. Starve, va
To cause to suffer from extreme cold : of frequent use in the passive, ..."
4. Neurotic Disorders of Childhood: Including a Study of Auto and Intestinal by Benjamin Knox Rachford (1905)
"In chronic anaemias we may have the conditions which Christopher has described
as " partial starvations" of nerve elements, and these conditions may be ..."
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