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Definition of Fetchers
1. fetcher [n] - See also: fetcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fetchers
Literary usage of Fetchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1870)
"These men were called in the old Oxford statute-books “bringers, or fetchers of
scholars.” They made regular journeys, could be heard of at the principal ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1885)
"Parlour, bedroom, cupboards, oak-chests, are all searched by the ' fetchers,'
each futile quest being greeted by the laughter and gibes of the bride's ..."
3. Historical Essays by Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1896)
"These predecessors of Mr. Cook were called "fetchers"—no bad name. Thus the
students would reach Oxford at the opening of the term in cavalcades of a dozen ..."
4. Oxford Election Commission: Report of the Royal Commissioners Appointed to by Great Britain (1881)
"Owen gave him the money, about 8?. or 91., for the fetchers-up, ... He gave a
list of the fetchers-up and guards to Owen, who had a receipt from witness of ..."
5. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"They were invariably great thieves, and fetchers and carriers of strife and
sedition, and generally terminated their career as professed beggars. ..."
6. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"The corn-merchants, the fetchers and carriers of corn between Great Britain and
foreign countries, would have much less employment, and might suffer ..."
7. The Monthly Review (1843)
"With breeze-tossed locks and gleaming feet And store of slender pitchers, O'er
the dim lawns, like rushing fawns, Came the fair Water-fetchers ; VOt- n. ..."
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