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Definition of Outports
1. outport [n] - See also: outport
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outports
Literary usage of Outports
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"Resistance to the Claims of the outports. — Appeal to Parliament. — Resolutions
proposed by Lord Castlereagh in the House of Commons; ..."
2. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1914)
"outports. The following notes on the material to be found in the English, Scottish,
and Irish outports are based on the report made by Mr. Henry Atton, ..."
3. The Maritime Provinces: A Handbook for Travellers : a Guide to the Chief by Moses Foster Sweetser (1875)
"The Western outports of Newfoundland.—St. John's to Cape Ray. On alternate
Thursdays or Fridays after the arrival of the mails from Europe, ..."
4. Public Characters by Alexander Stephens (1807)
"a collector of one of the outports, and was thus enabled to bring up his children*
in a respectable manner ..."
5. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1838)
"... of this kind have been by no means so rare at some of the outports. You may
judge then, Sir, how agreeably I was surprised to find upon enquiry, ..."
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