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Definition of Hirpling
1. hirple [v] - See also: hirple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirpling
Literary usage of Hirpling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"Hums, In describing the opening scene of bift Holy Fair, * The hares were hirpling
down the fun.' ALEXANDER HUME. ALEXANDER HUME, who died, ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Carruthers (1849)
"Burnt, in describing the opening scene of hi« Holy Fair, 1 Th« htm were hirpling
down the fur«.' ALEXANDER HUME. ALEXANDER HUME, who died, minister of Logie ..."
3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"... hirpling. Limping, walking lame. Scotch. And seeking, hirpling round from time
to time, Her harmless sticks from hedges hung with rime. ..."
4. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"... hirpling here and there,* To make their morning mange. ... has : The hares
were hirpling down the furs. ..."
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