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Definition of Hallions
1. hallion [n] - See also: hallion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallions
Literary usage of Hallions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns: With Upwards of by John Cuthbertson (1886)
"If he had meant gouty he would hardly have called them hallions, and if he had
meant gluttonous, as the word filthy might suggest, Scott was too great a ..."
2. Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 by James Anthony Froude (1885)
"The priests while I was there took their departure, ' filthy hallions,' by a side
passage, each with a small bow towards the altar, and left the rest of the ..."
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