Lexicographical Neighbors of Poperin
Literary usage of Poperin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of by William Shakespeare (1809)
"By him the poperin pear may have heen introduced into England. Malone. "
She thought it strange to see a man " In privy walk ..."
2. Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer (1884)
"In his few notices of the pear Shakespeare only mentions two by name, the warden
and the poperin; the former was chiefly used for roasting or baking, ..."
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