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Definition of Mousers
1. mouser [n] - See also: mouser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mousers
Literary usage of Mousers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"... good mousers, —watchfulness it is, and patience, and acquiescence, that does
the business. Station, state, and understanding, with all their derivatives ..."
2. Dynamic Psychology, by Robert Sessions Woodworth by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1918)
"... while, on the other hand, some cats are better mousers than others to a greater
degree than we can explain by differences in their bringing up; ..."
3. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"All these cats are good mousers, but less affectionate than some others. ...
They are good-natured domestic cats, great mousers and hunters for birds; ..."
4. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann (1891)
"... easily imagine how it happened, when we learn that tailless cats are especially
prized : in Japan, because people think that they are better mousers. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"They are good-natured domestic cats, great mousers and hunters for birds; they
are also expert fishers. White and short-haired cats form a special class, ..."
6. The Romance of George Villiers: First Duke of Buckingham, and Some Men and by Philip Gibbs (1908)
"... for the other, though I have good grounds to believe it, and am still hunting
after it, yet seeing daily the maliciousness of the mousers by making and ..."
7. The Great World's Farm: Some Account of Nature's Crops and how They are Grown by Selina Gaye (1900)
"Owls are the very best mousers possible—better than the best cats. One pair of
owls have been seen to take as many as eleven mice to their nest in the ..."
8. Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide by Capel Lofft (1846)
"... good mousers, —watchfulness it is, and patience, and acquiescence, that does
the business. Station, state, and understanding, with all their derivatives ..."
9. Dynamic Psychology, by Robert Sessions Woodworth by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1918)
"... while, on the other hand, some cats are better mousers than others to a greater
degree than we can explain by differences in their bringing up; ..."
10. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"All these cats are good mousers, but less affectionate than some others. ...
They are good-natured domestic cats, great mousers and hunters for birds; ..."
11. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann (1891)
"... easily imagine how it happened, when we learn that tailless cats are especially
prized : in Japan, because people think that they are better mousers. ..."
12. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"They are good-natured domestic cats, great mousers and hunters for birds; they
are also expert fishers. White and short-haired cats form a special class, ..."
13. The Romance of George Villiers: First Duke of Buckingham, and Some Men and by Philip Gibbs (1908)
"... for the other, though I have good grounds to believe it, and am still hunting
after it, yet seeing daily the maliciousness of the mousers by making and ..."
14. The Great World's Farm: Some Account of Nature's Crops and how They are Grown by Selina Gaye (1900)
"Owls are the very best mousers possible—better than the best cats. One pair of
owls have been seen to take as many as eleven mice to their nest in the ..."
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