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Definition of Puniest
1. puny [adj] - See also: puny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puniest
Literary usage of Puniest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Polity of the Ancient Hebrews by Mayer Sulzberger (1912)
"... the puniest of all the clans of that tribe?" (I Sam. 9, 21). To Moses in the
early age (Exod. 3, n; 4, 10), and to Jeremiah in the later times (Jer. ..."
2. South Australia: Its History, Productions, and Natural Resources by Jefferson Pickman Stow (1883)
"... battles—Weapons and implements—The finest and puniest tribes—Half-castes —
Superstitions and beliefs — Statistics — Mission stations. ..."
3. Democracy Versus Socialism: A Critical Examination of Socialism as a Remedy by Max Hirsch (1901)
"Suppose by labour a piece of land was banked and enclosed from the sea—made, in
short, not a part of the land ' originally entailed on the puniest,' etc. ..."
4. Some Account of George William Wilshere, Baron Bramwell of Hever, and His by Charles Fairfield (1898)
"Not a part of the land " originally entailed on the puniest," etc., Mr. George must
admit a right to it in the man whose labour made it. ..."
5. Art and Scenery in Europe, with Other Papers by Horace Binney Wallace (1857)
"Is that a fosterer of our true literary greatness which is so administered, that
the puniest hanger-on of a tenth-rate paper, shall have his motions ..."
6. Art and Scenery in Europe, with Other Papers by Horace Binney Wallace (1857)
"Is that a fosterer of our true literary greatness which is so administered, that
the puniest hanger-on of a tenth-rate paper, shall have his motions ..."
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