Lexicographical Neighbors of Devvels
Literary usage of Devvels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1858)
"... thees hear men is devvels ... let a fiew rich ole devvels to rule urn with a
wrod uv iun—this fac shose the ..."
2. Journal of the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California by California Legislature. Senate (1853)
"... and the remaining portions are to be secured by means of two inch iron devvels,
to each horizontal, vertical, and summering joints. ..."
3. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"... devvels, sb. pi. implements wrought, one in each hand, for planting or setting
pulse or corn. ..."
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