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Definition of Oxtongues
1. oxtongue [n] - See also: oxtongue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxtongues
Literary usage of Oxtongues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories, Between the by Alexander Henry (1809)
"Our repast concluded, we departed, taking with us our dishes, in which the greater
part of the oxtongues, which had been laid upon them, remained unconsumed ..."
2. Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1898)
"After this a splendid breakfast off smoked salmon, oxtongues, etc., etc. The whole
ship's company wore bows of ribbon in ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... in Europe for the oxtongues, &c., preserved in its extensivo saladeros.
In 1868 the population was about 9000, and it has since considerably increased. ..."
4. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1894)
"If the criterion of Mr. Spencer is true, what a magnificent chance for civilization!
This Babel oxtongues is one of our greatest ob- ..."
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