Lexicographical Neighbors of Gripples
Literary usage of Gripples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1803)
"It consists in leaving a few apples, which are called the gripples, on every
tree, after the general gathering, for the boys, who go with climbing- poles ..."
2. Masterpieces of American Literature: Franklin, Irving, Bryant, Webster by John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler (1891)
"It consists in leaving a few apples, which are called the gripples, on every
tree, after the general gathering, for the boys, who go with climbing- poles ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"It consists in leaving a few apples, which are called the gripples, on every
tree, after the general gathering, for the boys, who go with climbing- poles ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Leases: With Forms and Precedents by Thomas Platt (1847)
"... and to cast out ditches or gripples for the preservation thereof, without
making any abatement of rent, or other compensation or allowance, ..."
5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"It consists in leaving a few apples, which are called the gripples, on every
tree, after the general gathering, for the boys, who go with climbing-poles and ..."
6. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Great Britain Magistrates' cases, Edward William Cox (1873)
"... submitted to the drainage being closed fifteen years ago ; I don't remember
the gripples being first cut ; I cannot remember the common being inclosed. ..."
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