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Definition of Treasurable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Treasurable
Literary usage of Treasurable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century: Contributions Towards a by William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas James Wise (1896)
"Certainly we hear no more of the translation in her collection of 1844 ; and
between the issue of that very treasurable book of 1838, ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1905)
"... of Grass of Whitman's utterances upon Death and Immortality would prove a very
treasurable book. The edition is as follows : 500 copies, small quarto, ..."
3. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"cause' receives from him but little direct encouragement or help, let it be
remembered that Allingham wrote this great and treasurable truth : We're one at ..."
4. The Arenaby Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
"THE ROSE- JAR is a treasurable miscellany of the literature of all the yesterdays,
with nothing of the boomed or booming books of today. ..."
5. Handley Cross by Robert Smith Surtees (1903)
"We know what we have, but we don't know what we may get,' is a werry treasurable
truism. " Whatever may be the risks of out-and-out dealin', ..."
6. Social and Ethical Interpretations in Mental Development: A Study in Social by James Mark Baldwin (1902)
"... association trains, social intercourse, self-satisfactions, etc.; and all this
is there — a great bursting mind-full of treasurable personal meaning. ..."
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