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Definition of Counterorders
1. counterorder [v] - See also: counterorder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterorders
Literary usage of Counterorders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"Every one was giving orders, and everybody else issuing counterorders. Ministers
bustled about from room to room, talking at random. ..."
2. The History of Ten Years, 1830-1840 by Louis Blanc (1844)
"Accordingly he issued counterorders, and entered the carriage in which the
commissioners proceeded to Paris. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third by Horace Walpole (1845)
"Eight merchants, who had received orders to the amount of 400,0001., had received
counterorders. The debt to those merchants amounted to 950,0001. ..."
4. History of the French Revolution of 1848 by Alphonse de Lamartine (1849)
"... another orders and counterorders. There was heard in the distance, on the side
of the Hotel de Ville, and the deep and winding labyrinths of the ..."
5. The New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West by Baynard Rush Hall (1843)
"... counterorders—encouragements—reproaches— whoas, gees and haws—hold-on's and
let-go's, and that's-your sort's —up-with-fo'm's to male logs, pull her this ..."
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