Definition of Spillings

1. spilling [n] - See also: spilling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spillings

spill the beans
spillable
spillage
spillages
spilled
spilled the beans
spiller
spillers
spillet fishing
spilliard fishing
spillikin
spillikins
spilling
spilling the beans
spillingly
spillings
spillionaire
spillionaires
spillover
spillovers
spillproof
spills
spills the beans
spillway
spillways
spilly
spiloma
spiloplaxia
spilt
spilt the beans

Literary usage of Spillings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Village London: The Story of Greater London by Edward Walford (1884)
"In getting these articles on shore, it was necessary the revenue officers should connive, which they did, and the quantity of Spillings was, of course, ..."

2. The gold of Chickaree, by S. and A. Warner by Susan Bogert Warner, Anna Bartlett Warner, James Nisbet & Co, Murray and Gibb (1877)
"Santa Clans' spillings out of his sleigh.' ' Spillings !' echoed the lady. ' What must the sleigh load have been!' ' Oh, that's the way these people do ..."

3. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1824)
"... and the other Part shall be allowed him towards his Waste and Spillings in making Security for ei- the said Assays of Silver Plate); and every Assayer ..."

4. London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale (1814)
"... spillings or drainings of sugar remaining in the hold and between decks after the cargo was discharged, and which were generally claimed as perquisites. ..."

5. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Sperling, Sperlings, Spilling, Spillings, Spur lin g, Spillin. ... The s in Sperlings and Spillings is the genitive, as in Williams, Jones, Simmonds, &c. ..."

6. The Criminal Recorder: Or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters by A. F. (1804)
"The connivance, however, of the revenue officers became necessary to get these sweepings on shore, and the quantity of spillings were gradually increased, ..."

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