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Definition of Adland
1. the world portrayed in advertisements [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adland
Literary usage of Adland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration, (1821-1840) Its Causes and by Rasmus Björn Anderson (1896)
"Mrs. CL Clausen taught Norwegian school in the Muskego settlement during the
winter of 1844. XVII. The adland Family. Among the Norwegians who came to ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"When he went home he took the peel with him, and mended it as neatly as he could;
and the next morning brought it back, and laid it on the adland, ..."
3. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"Kyng adland hath a daughter, brother, Men call her bright and sheene; ...
Now Christ thee save, good kyng adland; Now Christ you save and see. ..."
4. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"5 ' Kyng adland hath a daughter, brother, , Men call her bright ... 10 ' Now
Christ thee save, good Kyng adland; Now Christ you save nnd see: ' Sayd, ..."
5. Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People by Mary Russell Mitford (1852)
"King adland hath a daughter, brother, Men call her bright and sheene; If I were
kyng here in your stead, That ladye sholde be queen. ..."
6. A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States from the Earliest by George Tobias Flom (1909)
"Thomas adland and Knud adland both of Raymond Township are his sons, ... I have
above written the name adland as it came to be written in this country. ..."
7. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1922)
""Kyng adland hath a daughter, brother, Men call her bright and sheene; If I were
kyng here in your stead, That ladye shold be my queene. ..."
8. Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1887)
"King adland replies :— ' Yesterday was at my dear daughter ' Sir ... I take this
example, because the difference between the tone of King adland and of King ..."
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