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Definition of Turnspits
1. turnspit [n] - See also: turnspit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnspits
Literary usage of Turnspits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Originally a jocular name given to the lowest menials of the court, the carriers
of coals and wood, turnspits, and labourers in the scullery, ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"replied, " I have now in my kitchen two turnspits, who take their turns regularly
every other day to get into the wheel; one of them, not liking his ..."
3. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1851)
"This evil propensity of human turnspits, however, eventually led to their dismissal,
and to the employment of another species, which, if not better disposed ..."
4. Letters from England: by don Manual Alvarez Espriella by Robert Southey (1814)
"Beau Nosh*—turnspits. Sept. 16. THE last day of my abode in London was the most
painful of my life. To part from dear friends, even for a transitory absence ..."
5. English Premiers from Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel by John Charles Earle (1871)
"Many of his own party—"his own turnspits," as he called them—barked at him.
His enemies hounded him to death; and Lord Grey, forming a singular exception to ..."
6. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1876)
"This evil propensity of human turnspits, however, eventually led to their dismissal,
and to the employment of another species, which, if not better disposed ..."
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