Lexicographical Neighbors of Greeners
Literary usage of Greeners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"He and I were born in Spital- fields; he was n't one of your greeners; ...
Even the wildest and most wolfish of the greeners were staring silently, ..."
2. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1893)
"... for inferior " sew- rounds," 119 ; of greeners, 121 ; of slipper makers,
124 ; " statement " wages in boot trade,126 ; of French polishers, ..."
3. The Alien Invasion by William Henry Wilkins (1892)
"The "greener" will generally lodge at the house of the " slosher " who employs
him; and as many as sixteen or seventeen of these " greeners " have been ..."
4. A Queenslander's Travel-notes by Alfred George Stephens (1894)
""And what are sage- greeners?" "Oh, folk from the. country who never saw no shoes
shined, and don't know no letter than to stare at a pusson. ..."
5. (Alien Immigration): Reports on the Volume and Effects of Recent Immigration by Great Britain Board of Trade (1894)
"The newly arrived " greeners " will work cheerfully for the first few months for
the barest subsistence ; in some cases close observers are of opinion that ..."
6. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1890)
"It is true that the Report says she testified that the greeners in the tailoring
trade soon learn better, and in a few months can earn as much as anyone. ..."
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