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Definition of Hireable
1. hire [adj] - See also: hire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hireable
Literary usage of Hireable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... not reckoning Hanover, which perhaps we cannot get just yet, are Four pretty
Sovereignties. Three, or Two, of these hireable by gold, it is to be hoped. ..."
2. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"hireable by gold, it is to be hoped. And will not France have a glorious time of
it; playing master of the revels there, egging one against the other! ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"These, not reckoning Hanover, which perhaps we cannot get just yet, are Four
pretty Sovereignties. Three, or Two, of these hireable by 1 Adelung, ii. ..."
4. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... disorder (see also hurdy-). hireable*, obtainable for hire, not hira-.
W/rmo/s (Gr. Ch.), pi. -i. HIS, hie taut sepultus (here lies buried). ..."
5. Lectures on Colonization and Colonies by Herman Merivale (1842)
"To keep up always the proper ratio, you " must keep the ratio constant between
the emigration " of hireable labourers and the price of unsold land; ..."
6. The Fortnightly Review (1880)
"The agents, the printers, the letters of committee-rooms, the newspaper proprietors,
the owners of hireable horses and vehicles, the folders, the directors, ..."
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