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Definition of Porny

1. pornographic [adj PORNIER, PORNIEST] - See also: pornographic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Porny

Literary usage of Porny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... "a corruption of the French word gerbe, which signifies a sheaf of any kind of corn." porny. extoll'd, As though to her alone belong'd the garb of gold. ..."

2. Passages of a Working Life During Half a Century: With a Prelude of Early by Charles Knight (1864)
"... that he would leave his hard-earned riches for the benefit of the land in which he had gathered them. The educational books of M. porny are obsolete. ..."

3. Passages of a Working Life During Half a Century: With a Prelude of Early by Charles Knight (1864)
"... that he would leave bis hard-earned riches for the benefit of the land in which he had gathered them. The educational books of M. porny are obsolete. ..."

4. Passages of a Working Life During Half a Century: With a Prelude of Early by Charles Knight (1864)
"... that he would leave his hard-earned riches for the benefit of the land in which he had gathered them. The educational books of M. porny are obsolete. ..."

5. A French Grammar: Or, Plain Instructions for the Learning of French ; in a by William Cobbett (1824)
"Monsieur porny, after giving nine rules with their exceptions ... Passing over the bad English of Monsieur porny, I agree with him, that the attempt to ..."

6. The Place-names of Cumberland and Westmorland by Walter John Sedgefield (1915)
"... or porny (Rygh G. Pers.), or, preferably, the man's name ... or porny being the original form is not excluded. See preceding name. ..."

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