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Definition of Hirable
1. available for hire [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirable
Literary usage of Hirable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1883)
"... may be induced to embark in La Brise, a small sailing boat hirable for pleasure
excursions, and thus actually visit the famous archipelago. ..."
2. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"But you can't hire the typical doctor's wife. "Well, let's go hire the Junior
League, then." Some of them might be hirable, but as a general rule, ..."
3. American Eloquence: By the Most Eminent Orators of America by Frank Moore (1857)
"Tns ancestors of John Adams were virtuous, hirable and respectable. His father,
John Adama, senior, was for several years a deacon-of the first church in ..."
4. Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania: With the Incidental History of the by William Crawford Armor (1872)
"... particularly as it was carried into operation in some of the rural districts;
he knew it was not accomplishing all that was de- hirable; but he believed ..."
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