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Definition of Tilburies
1. tilbury [n] - See also: tilbury
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilburies
Literary usage of Tilburies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Critic by Robert Nares (1821)
"... tilburies, and humble gigs, give, by his familiarity with the sight ot such
conveyances, an air of England; and, by his ever associating the possession ..."
2. The Bolivian Andes: A Record of Climbing & Exploration in the Cordillera by William Martin Conway (1901)
"Like all the La Paz tilburies, it was old, and inspired little confidence in its
capacity for holding ... Two more tilburies were starting at the same time. ..."
3. Sketches of India by Moyle Sherer, Officer for fire-side travellers at-home (1824)
"The young dashers, in their tilburies, who instruct their servants in the art of
cleaning and putting-to, and drive them- ..."
4. Sketches of India by Moyle Sherer (1821)
"The young dashers, in their tilburies, who instruct their servants in the art of
cleaning and putting-to, and drive themselves, perhaps contrive a closer ..."
5. The Coal Regions of Pennsylvania: Being a General, Geological, Historical edited by Eli Bowen (1848)
"All kinds _ot" Coaches, Carriages, tilburies, Also, Engines and blowing Cylinders,
with all necessary Machinery for Blast Furnace». ..."
6. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1828)
"... cabriolets, tilburies, Stanhopes, &c. ; and, to ascertain the certain proportions
of each in actual construction, the builder has only to refer with a ..."
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