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Definition of Thrivers
1. thriver [n] - See also: thriver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrivers
Literary usage of Thrivers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Hundred English Folksongs by Cecil James Sharp (1916)
"1st voice Three of them are thrivers, And two and two are lily-white babes
a-clothed all in green, 0! One and One is all alone, and evermore shall be so. 4. ..."
2. Select Writings of Robert Chambers by Robert Chambers (1847)
"What will be our three, boys f Three, three thrivers; ... Four's the gospel-makers ;
Three, three thrivers ..."
3. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"They look like thrivers," children, plants, and such like, which appear in good
condition. " Bad thrivers," bad growers, sickly produce. ..."
4. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"They look like thrivers," children, plants, and such like, which appear in ...
"Bad thrivers," bad growers, sickly produce. A THROAT-SEASONER, a glass of ..."
5. British Farmer's Magazine (1861)
"In the common phraseology of our provinces, animals affected with hereditary
diseases are generally known under the common design»tion of " bad thrivers," ..."
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