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Definition of Besliming
1. beslime [v] - See also: beslime
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besliming
Literary usage of Besliming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1881)
"It was a gentle youth; her parents urged her to it: a particular letter, the
letter of the challenge to her father, besliming her, was shown—a hideous ..."
2. Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1856)
"Sparrows wooing on the general's truncheon, (unless he be such a general as one
of ours in the last war,) and snails besliming the ..."
3. "Liberty" by Julius Rubens Ames (1837)
"... "utter contempt of public opinion," and a " total disregard of the counsel of
the wise, the good," &.C.—guilty of a "shameless manner"—of " besliming, ..."
4. The Draft Riots in New York, July, 1863: The Metropolitan Police, Their by David M. Barnes (1863)
"At eight o'clock in the evening, a company of regulars, just arrived, were being
followed up Broadway by a hooting, yelling mob, who were besliming and ..."
5. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... that makes all true men proud to be their countrymen, the representatives of
the people are besliming the American name with their unclean tongues. ..."
6. Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen by Walter Savage Landor (1829)
"Sparrows wooing on the general's truncheon (unless he be such a general as one
of ours in the last war) and snails besliming the emblems of the poet, ..."
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