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Definition of Caplins
1. caplin [n] - See also: caplin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caplins
Literary usage of Caplins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"In one class the caplins or untanned leather thongs of this coupling are fastened
on the hand staff in such a way that it remains stationary in the hands ..."
2. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"... like caplins down the throats of the sharks, while these latter^/ only the
cod-fish. It frequently happens, too, that a big gentleman or nobleman, ..."
3. Rural Rides by William Cobbett (1853)
"They, indeed, swallow up the biggest race of all; but innumerable small fry slip
down unperceived, like caplins down the throats of the sharks, ..."
4. Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1885)
"... like caplins down the throats of the sharks, while these latter feel only ...
goes down the throat of the loan-dealer with all the caplins in his belly. ..."
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