Lexicographical Neighbors of Callets
Literary usage of Callets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1848)
"42 is entered a tract which included a description of the "twenty-five orders of
knaves," and this "book" of the " twenty orders of callets or Drabs" was ..."
2. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1897)
"Here's to budgets, bags and wallets 1 Here's to all the wandering train I Here's
our ragged brats and callets 1 One and all cry out—Amen. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1899)
"... without effort; the next day as the last, our Caird and our Ballad- monger
are singing and soldiering; their ' brats and callets' are hawking, begging, ..."
4. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... their 'brats and callets' are hawking, begging, cheating ; and some other
night, in new combinations, they will wring from Fate another hour of wassail ..."
5. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"Here's our ragged brats and callets! One and all cry out — Amen. Later scoundrel
verse includes contributions from the nameless and the famous. ..."
6. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1840)
"Here's our ragged brats and callets! One and all cry out, Amen! A fig for those
by law protected I Liberty's a glorious feast! ..."
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