Lexicographical Neighbors of Douzepers
Literary usage of Douzepers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"(sv douzepers). dough; see dow. dought, to make afraid, Fletcher, Bonduca, i.
2 (Suetonius). See dont. douse, to strike violently ; ' To death with daggers ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"countess, Junker, Herzog, thane, daimio. wild- grave, starost, douzepers (pi.; obs.
or hist.), fidalgo, hidalgo, nawab, atheling. Antonyms: see PLEBEIAN. ..."
3. Early English Romances in Verse by Edith Rickert (1908)
"When the feast was served, wine ran in the conduit ready for each man who would
take thereof ; and nine douzepers > of France took part in the dance. ..."
4. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... lower [also spelt dowse] daos. douse я. blow, stroke [also spelt dowse] duns.
douse v. extinguish [also spelt dowse] daos. douzepers n. pi. the twelve ..."
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