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Definition of Garveys
1. garvey [n] - See also: garvey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garveys
Literary usage of Garveys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of by Charles Knight (1865)
"... Prior of Saint John's, Sir garveys Clifton, Sir Thomas Tresham,and xii other
knights and gentlemen beheaded in the marketplace at ..."
2. Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List by John D'Alton (1855)
"It comprised much of the present Counties of Armagh and Down, and its principal
chiefs were, with the O'garveys, the O'Dunlevy, O'Egan, O'Lynch, ..."
3. County of Suffolk: Its History as Disclosed by Existing Records and Other by Walter Arthur Copinger (1904)
"36. , Protection to Peter garveys of. 8 Hen. V. French Rolls. DKR 44. App. p.
618 and Letters of attorneys to said Peter. Ib. , John Kent of, ..."
4. By Beach and Bog-land: Some Irish Stories by Jane Barlow (1905)
"When he had gone half a dozen yards he faced round and shouted : " Might you
happen to know is the garveys' boat in yet ? " Joe, however, was just mounting, ..."
5. History and Antiquities of Kilkenny (County and City): With Illustrations by William Healy (1893)
"... Fair are the lands possessed by the O'garveys, Fenian heroes of the hill unite
in the tribe, Each man of whom is free from grief and sorrow. ..."
6. Chicago Sensations; Or, Leaves from the Note Book of a Chicago Reporter and (1885)
"About the middle of January Mrs. Mortimer made to the garveys a new proposition.
She said that her sister had to go to California to join her husband, ..."
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