Lexicographical Neighbors of Travestying
Literary usage of Travestying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entertainments for Bazaars, Fancy Fairs, and Home Circles: How to Prepare by Charles Harrison (1886)
"... in mind that the special object •is to give a comical rendering of the pose
as well as the travestying WELL-KNOWN PICTURES. disposition of the figures. ..."
2. Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, Pronunciation and by Arnold James Cooley (1861)
"Travesty, a. = travestie, -te (-ves'—Br.). A work travestied ; a burl, parody or
repr. (thea.) ; the art or prac. of travestying. ..."
3. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)
"themselves doctors, travestying what was once a noble profession, but in reality
they are medicine-men, devil-devil men, and they make for superstition and ..."
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