Lexicographical Neighbors of Straiking
Literary usage of Straiking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aberdour and Inchcolme: Being Historical Notices of the Parish and Monastery by William Ross (1885)
"... with Sabbath-breakers—William Craig's ' straiking of his wife'—A ' cock-and-bull'
story—Case of murder at ..."
2. Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhood by James Matthew Barrie (1896)
"Do you know what straiking is ? " "Arraying the corpse for the coffin, laying it
out, in short, is it not ? " "Ay, ay. Well, it appears that Grizel had ..."
3. Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhood by James Matthew Barrie (1896)
"Do you know what straiking is ? " "Arraying the corpse for the coffin, laying it
out, in short, is it not ? " "Ay, ay. Well, it appears that Grizel had ..."
4. Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhood by James Matthew Barrie (1896)
"Do you know what straiking is ? " "Arraying the corpse for the coffin, laying it
out, in short, is it not ? " "Ay, ay. Well, it appears that Grizel had ..."
5. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow by Glasgow (Scotland), Robert Renwick (1897)
"In this connection, Jameson interprets " straiking " as joining hands. One of
the meanings, however, of the old Scottish word ..."
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