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Definition of Coffers
1. coffer [v] - See also: coffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffers
Literary usage of Coffers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"... coffers All dimensions are in meters. ... coffers with masons' marks mv. no.
Findspot Mark Width Length Place in building P1. no. ..."
2. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"... slipped through their fingers into their own coffers. Becoming sovereigns
themselves, they retain these funds for their private emolument. ..."
3. Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets by George Gilfillan (1860)
"Anon he let two coffers make, Of one semblance, and of one make, So like, that
no life thilke throw,3 The one may from that other know: They were into his ..."
4. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"... they have many triremes and a multitude of people wherewith to man them.n Wealth,
too, they possess, partly stored in private coffers, partly, ..."
5. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1890)
"THE ACNE OF "coffers." BY HS PURDON, MD, Physician to the Hospital for Diseases
of the Skin, Belfast. SEEING in the Journal of Dermatology for January, ..."
6. The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis, Criticism by Julian Hawthorne, John Russell Young, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, John Porter Lamberton (1906)
"THE CID PAWNS His coffers. THE POEM OF THE CID, describes, not only his exploits
in the field but also the domestic affairs of the hero and his daughters, ..."
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