Definition of Riddances

1. Noun. (plural of riddance) ¹

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Definition of Riddances

1. riddance [n] - See also: riddance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riddances

ricottas
ricrac
ricracs
rictal
ricture
rictures
rictus
rictuses
ricy
rid
rid of
rid out
rid up
ridable
riddance
riddances (current term)
ridded
ridden
ridden hard and put away wet
ridder
ridders
riddim
riddims
ridding
riddle
riddle canon
riddle me this
riddle stick
riddle sticks
riddled

Literary usage of Riddances

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

1. Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates by George Grote (1888)
"The pleasures of the ambitious man, and of the money-lover, are untrue, spurious, alloyed with pain and for the most part mere riddances from pain—appearing ..."

2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1862)
"... waves off the proposal, what more natural than that when pressed severely by his friend, he should, at last, for mere riddances of this ..."

3. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"riddances of cares, and, ultimately, of sixpences. Oxf. Univ. cant. UNLICKED CUB. A rude uncouth young fellow. UN-PALLED. One whose companions have all been ..."

4. The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B. by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1857)
"Your having done so does you great honour, encumbered as you were not only with your own baggage but all the riddances of General Nott's force. ..."

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