Lexicographical Neighbors of Hantle
Literary usage of Hantle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. L. R. A. as Authorities: Including the Citations of Each Case as a Precedent ...by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court (1914)
"... property in hantle of receiver. Cited in George v. Pigford, 97 Miss. 338, 62 So.
79«, holding that debt due from corporation for feed-stuff consumed in ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Sir J. Sinclair abo says ; " hantle is a corr. of ... He makes a hantle rout an'
din, But brings but little woo. HANTY, adj. 1. Convenient, handy, SO Them ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Some hae a hantle o' fauts ; ye are only a ne'er-do-weel. ... In a few things
better ; in a hantle waur. — Noctes Ambrosiana. Hap, to cover, to wrap up. ..."
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