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Definition of Downhills
1. downhill [n] - See also: downhill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downhills
Literary usage of Downhills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Tottenham, in the County of by William Robinson (1840)
"(NOW CALLED downhills.) THIS elegant mansion was formerly the residence of the
late Rowland Stephenson, Esq., of Holme Culham Abbey, Cumberland, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1869)
"The Wiltons were neither Uphills nor downhills ; I had the honour of sitting
between Esther and Miss Barbara, whilst Tom Folgate sat near Emmy, ..."
3. The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence (1841)
"Lawford, John Lindsay, downhills, Tottenham. ... Thomas Baker, 3fi, Fenchurch
Street. John Lawford, Drapers' Hall, London ; and downhills. ..."
4. An Account of Some of the Families Bearing the Name of Heathcote which Have by Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote (1899)
"... and formerly of downhills in the parish of Tottenham, a house which was also
known by the name of Mount Pleasant, and which he rented from Mr. Henry ..."
5. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
"... of the Monkey People through tree-land is one of the things nobody can describe.
They have their regular roads and cross-roads, uphills and downhills, ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... HAUE (1798-1868), poet, born on 20 April 1798, •was the only son of Henry Hare
Townshend (d. 1827) of downhills, Tottenham, Bus- bridge Hall, Godalming, ..."
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