Lexicographical Neighbors of Behowling
Literary usage of Behowling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"He is accused (especially the Irish variety, “As You Like It,” V. 2) of “behowling
the moon”; we are warned to give him a wide berth even when we catch him ..."
2. Charles Kingsley's Works by Charles Kingsley (1884)
"... instead of poking at home like a yard-dog, and behowling one's self in
po—o—oetry ; " and Tom lifted up his voice into a doleful mastiff's howl. ..."
3. Novels, Poems and Letters of Charles Kingsley by Charles Kingsley (1899)
"I am in deep wonder at seeing your hilarity, when, by all flea-analogies, you
ought to be either behowling your fate like Achilles on the shores of Styx, ..."
4. Two Years Ago by Charles Kingsley (1881)
"... instead of poking at home like a yard-dog, and behowling oneself in po-o-oetry;"
and Tom lifted up his voice into a doleful mastiffs howl. ..."
5. Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life by Charles Kingsley (1878)
"All right; manly, more godly, too, in my eyes, than the whole moon-behowling
school of male prude-pedants, who seem to fancy that God has left this lower ..."
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