Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreks
Literary usage of Dreks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1904)
"In a plea of land the view [follows], unless excluded by some exception to the
effect that no (?) question of ' right ' is involved. 1 Smirke gives dreks. ..."
2. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Johan Winkler (1889)
"... mouldy as applied to cheese ; times, also (dreks'l) threshold. cross or peevish,
aa applied to children. 5. though, the (f) is common. ..."
3. Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society,: Including Social by Richard A. Wells (1890)
"... dreks. CONSISTENCY IN DRESS. Your dress should always be consistent with your
age and your natural exterior. That which looks ill on one person, ..."
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