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Definition of Buskins
1. buskin [n] - See also: buskin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buskins
Literary usage of Buskins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... purple buskins : his right leg was clothed by his noble s"™"thc kinsmen, the
left by the Latin chiefs, on whom he con- ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"E in the Seventh Mem. of the Egyptian Exploration Fund (London, 1890), 27. L.
PETIT. buskins ... buskins."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Bound on his feet; with buskins of the spoil Of mountain broc. Then, took he,
from the wall, ... buskins ..."
4. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1902)
"... ribbons and buskins, Mae than ane or twa.' . . . Out spake the bride's brither,
As he cam in wi' the kye : ' Poor Willie wad ne'er hae ta'en ye, ..."
5. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"PALED (from pale in heraldry), marked or striped with bars. buskins he wore of
costliest ... buskins ..."
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