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Definition of Envelopers
1. enveloper [n] - See also: enveloper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Envelopers
Literary usage of Envelopers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"Seed envelopers and Herb Packers. In a seed store in Philadelphia, we found, they
employ women in January and February, at $2.50 a week, to put seeds up in ..."
2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"The Russian counter-offensive of May 21-25 was therefore planned as an enveloping
movement against the envelopers of Przemysl. ..."
3. The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales by William Makepeace Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, Horace Mayhew (1853)
"... if an Americanized phrase be thought appropriate, " limb envelopers" or "
understanding swathers," might be advantageously adopted. It is, of course, ..."
4. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1900)
"... and this is capable of being filled and emptied in broad daylight, by reason
of the opacity of the containing envelopers, they at once take a place in ..."
5. The Siege of Port Arthur: Records of an Eye-witness by David Henry James (1905)
"The Russians had, however, arranged to escape by means of junks, and succeeded
in outwitting the envelopers. A strong rearguard ably covered the retirement ..."
6. Inquiries Concerning the Tactics of the Future by Fritz August Hoenig (1899)
"Two examples of the defence, wherein the Germans in virtue of the configuration
of the country were in the character of defenders and envelopers, may still ..."
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