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Definition of Herdboys
1. herdboy [n] - See also: herdboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herdboys
Literary usage of Herdboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Far Formosa, the Island, Its People and Missions by George Leslie Mackey (1900)
"The herdboys and I became friends that day, and ever after they would wait my
... I learned more of the spoken dialect from those herdboys than in any other ..."
2. The Modern Language Quarterly by Walter Wilson Greg, Modern Language Association (Great Britain). (1899)
"While they were eating, Nicolette awoke at the cry of the birds and of the
herdboys, and she sprang towards them. "Fair children ! " said she. ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"The circles and holes are cut with a knife in the sward by the small herdboys.
A begins by putting a small wooden stick into the central hole of Hell, ..."
4. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (1864)
"... Pcrs.; tree 30 inches in girth; herdboys use its seeds as a rattle; Indian
hedge plant. 3° N. Dec., 1863. (710.) 1. ..."
5. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1861)
"Now far o'er the meadows the cattle are lowing, And far away herdboys are whistling
together; While hay-makers homeward are merrily going. ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1867)
"The lowing of herds, the bleating of sheep, the whistling of herdboys, the falling
of water at mill-wheels, " the melodious armony ..."
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