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Definition of Syboe
1. cibol [n -S] - See also: cibol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syboe
Literary usage of Syboe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"... for the silver watch that I won at a raffle in Selkirk, seven year syne, has
disappeared from my pouch as clean as you could knock the head off a syboe. ..."
2. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"... as you would strike off the head of a syboe!"* And indeed it proved so.'
The king, now hourly expecting the arrival of his Danish bride, ..."
3. Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1858)
"... head of a syboe ! "' And indeed it proved so.' The king, now hourly expecting
the arrival of his Danish bride, ALU. is found writing pressing letters to ..."
4. Traditionary Stories of Old Families, and Legendary Illustrations of Family by Andrew Picken (1833)
"... like the top of a syboe." These were the sort of discouragements that Forbes
got at every hand, when preparing night and day for his approaching trial. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"... for the silver watch that I won at a raffle in Selkirk, seven year syne, has
disappeared from my pouch as clean as you could knock the head off a syboe. ..."
6. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"... as you would strike off the head of a syboe!"* And indeed it proved so.'
The king, now hourly expecting the arrival of his Danish bride, ..."
7. Domestic Annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1858)
"... head of a syboe ! "' And indeed it proved so.' The king, now hourly expecting
the arrival of his Danish bride, ALU. is found writing pressing letters to ..."
8. Traditionary Stories of Old Families, and Legendary Illustrations of Family by Andrew Picken (1833)
"... like the top of a syboe." These were the sort of discouragements that Forbes
got at every hand, when preparing night and day for his approaching trial. ..."
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