Lexicographical Neighbors of Knived
Literary usage of Knived
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"... but that native strode up to the tree, seized it in both hands, jack-knived
at the waist so that the soles of his feet rested flatly against the trunk, ..."
2. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker (1912)
"The Congress in consideration of their Gigantic labours, and the risk they run
of being "Bowie" knived during Debate (a custom of by no means rare ..."
3. British Interests and Activities in Texas, 1838-1846 by Ephraim Douglass Adams (1910)
"quately paid, except those of the members of Congress, who, " in consideration
of their Gigantic labors, and the risk they run of being bowie-knived during ..."
4. The Life of Whitelaw Reid by Royal Cortissoz (1921)
"... Anthony and thence by stage-coach to St. Cloud, Crow Wing, and the wilderness—in
Joe Millikin's breezy words, "big-breeched, red-shirted, long-knived, ..."
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