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Definition of Swives
1. swive [v] - See also: swive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swives
Literary usage of Swives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
""Men'sWives" was followed by "The Luck of Barry Lyndon," which was as different
as can well bo imagined, and which showed an immense intellectual growth. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1870)
"... 'swives, doubtless, but no disadvantage is it if they be there without their
husbands. Of that aide-de-camp who is on service, or of that Attorney- ..."
3. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX. by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"The tailor of the Winthrop family was one John Smith; he made garments for them
all, father, mother, children, and children'swives, and husband's sisters, ..."
4. The history of England (during the middle ages). by Sharon Turner (1814)
"The crusaders flew to arms at the sound, rushed over the ruins, and became masters
of the city, with Solyman'swives, on the 20th June 109765. ..."
5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
""Men'sWives" was followed by "The Luck of Barry Lyndon," which was as different
as can well bo imagined, and which showed an immense intellectual growth. ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1870)
"... 'swives, doubtless, but no disadvantage is it if they be there without their
husbands. Of that aide-de-camp who is on service, or of that Attorney- ..."
7. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX. by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"The tailor of the Winthrop family was one John Smith; he made garments for them
all, father, mother, children, and children'swives, and husband's sisters, ..."
8. The history of England (during the middle ages). by Sharon Turner (1814)
"The crusaders flew to arms at the sound, rushed over the ruins, and became masters
of the city, with Solyman'swives, on the 20th June 109765. ..."
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