Lexicographical Neighbors of Smurry
Literary usage of Smurry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"Small misty rain, which seems to fill the air like smoke. It falls so lightly on
the skin, as to seem rather to smear or anoint than to wet it. *smurry Day. ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia: Founded on that of Forby : with by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"*smurry Day. A wet ofl-and-on sort of day [Tungate]. Snack, Sneck, Snick. A sort
of fastening for a door. A snack must be of iron ; and is either a ..."
3. The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law (1846)
"... or landing- places for boats, whether with or without piers or other artificial
aids, are, north of Sligo, Mullaghmore, Inm'smurry, Milk-Haven, ..."
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