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Definition of Shippons
1. shippon [n] - See also: shippon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shippons
Literary usage of Shippons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"mutilated, led to the lesser hall, or withdrawing room, in the north wing, now
divided into shippons and coach-houses. The timber ceiling is modern, ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1889)
"... nor. could be, any way there, for when I came to be parson of Wigan, a° 1615,
the shippons and houses for cattle stood all along, from the stable dore ..."
3. The History of the Church & Manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster by George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (1889)
"... nor could be, any way there, 'for when I came to be parson of Wigan, a° 1615,
the shippons and houses for cattle stood all along from the stable dore by ..."
4. The History of the Church & Manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster by George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (1889)
"... whereas in truth even in my tyme there was not, nor could be, any way there,
for when I came to be parson of Wigan, a° 1615, the shippons and houses for ..."
5. Journal of the Sanitary Institute by Sanitary Institute (Great Britain) (1899)
"Section 11 provides for the discontinuance of unsuitable shippons in urban
districts, and would also prohibit the erection of new ..."
6. British Farmer's Magazine (1865)
"About the average size of the stalls iu the shippons is ü feet by 6 feet, but
two cows are tied up in one stall. There, generally speaking, is only a 3-feet ..."
7. Report of the Annual Conference by Independent Labour Party (Great Britain) (1908)
"The most elaborate and expensive precautions are taken in many places to eliminate
tubercle infected cows from town shippons. In Bootle a quarterly ..."
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