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Definition of Drostdys
1. drostdy [n] - See also: drostdy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drostdys
Literary usage of Drostdys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion of 1815, Generally Known as Slachters Nek: A Complete by H. C. V. Leibbrandt (1902)
"That house-rent is expensive at all the drostdys, and their salaries very moderate.
That under such circumstances the undersigned beg leave to submit to ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1885)
"On 5001. a year he is supposed to keep a good house—only in a few villages do
the Government provide drostdys, or residences—and to lead society. ..."
3. Monthly Review (1824)
"... and draft waggon of the country, which is the general and only convenient way
of travelling through the peninsula and Overberg, in the distant drostdys. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"... and draft waggon of the country, which is the general and only convenient way
of travelling through the peninsula and Overberg, in the distant drostdys. ..."
5. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1826)
"The Court of Judicature consists of nine judges, two of which go annually on a
circuit in the drostdys, or provinces ; the pleadings and evidence, ..."
6. Memoir Respecting the Kaffers, Hottentots, and Bosjemans, of South Africa by John Sutherland (1846)
"He found that the maintenance of order — lhe improvement of the colony — the
multiplying the drostdys — and the facilitating- and expediting the ..."
7. Manual of South African Geography: Forming a Companion to the Map of South by Henry Hall (1859)
"Sub-drostdys of Cradock ami Clanwilliam established. Spanish wool from interior
to enter Cape Town market duty free. Cape of Good Hope definitely ceded to ..."
8. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (1826)
"The Court of Judicature consists of nine judges, two of which go annually on a
circuit in the drostdys, or provinces ; the pleadings and evidence, ..."
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