Lexicographical Neighbors of Cangs
Literary usage of Cangs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1869)
""We'll try him, any how," replied cangs ; and accordingly hailed the old man.
... As he came in, he was heartily greeted by George cangs, ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"... others with their hands lifted above their heads, in a still more painful
position; one had his wrists fastened in wooden cangs (instruments of torture, ..."
3. A History of Classical Scholarship by John Edwin Sandys (1908)
"... were produced by the erudite scholar and historian, Charles du Fresne, .
Du cangs sieur Du Cange ..."
4. The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825)
"... with tlu, cangs of flattery. It is impossible to supply wants as fast as an
idle imagination may be able to form them, or to remove all inconveniencies ..."
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