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Definition of Bassets
1. basset [v] - See also: basset
Literary usage of Bassets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... goe for Oxford, where they will stay all Thursday, Fryday, lie at Cirencester,
and Saturday at the late sir William bassets house near Bath. ..."
2. The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire by Joseph Tilley (1892)
"We admit that the bassets did incur the ¡re of John, for they were no admirers
of such a despicable being ; we admit that he divided the manor between the ..."
3. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"Some men make their bassets retrieve, even from water; and most bassets will go to
... Concerning those French bassets which have from time to time been ..."
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