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Definition of Thwackers
1. thwacker [n] - See also: thwacker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwackers
Literary usage of Thwackers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit by George Meredith (1918)
"They lump along like the old lob- legs of Dobbin the horse; or do their business
like cudgels of carpet-thwackers expelling dust, or the cottage-clock ..."
2. The Dogs and the Fleas by Frederic Scrimshaw (1893)
"... Clubbed Society ;" "The Yanking Dogs Heavenward Association;" "The Order of
Holy Whackers and thwackers ; " " The Compulsory Holiness Society ;" " The ..."
3. The Pocket Edition of the Works of George Meredith: Originally Emilia in England by George Meredith (1897)
"They lump along like the old lob-legs of Dobbin the horse; or do their business
like cudgels of carpet- thwackers expelling dust, or the cottage-clock ..."
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