Lexicographical Neighbors of Maffickers
Literary usage of Maffickers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1903)
"... and one can scarcely contend that even the masses of the people would display
less capacity for self-government than the maffickers of Fleet Street. ..."
2. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1904)
"How any sane Englishman could take that view passes my understanding, except that
our jingoist " we's," our stay- at-home warriors and our maffickers seem ..."
3. The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre from 1732 to 1897 by Henry Saxe Wyndham (1906)
"An interesting sidelight is thrown upon the " maffickers" of 1805 by Dibdin's
casual reference to the fact that— " at night a mob paraded the streets, ..."
4. Cassell's History of the Russo-Japanese War (1905)
"... of this important and well-considered message acted as a very useful corrective
to the premature and exuberant enthusiasm of the Tokio " maffickers. ..."
5. The War Against the Dutch Republics in South Africa: Its Origin, Progress by H. J. Ogden (1901)
"Were the ruffians, the " maffickers," who went up and down the Strand and exhibited
their patriotism by insulting women—were those the men who were going to ..."
6. Racial Supremacy, Being Studies in Imperialism by John George Godard (1905)
"... and one can scarcely contend that even the masses of the people would display
less capacity for self- government than the maffickers of Fleet Street. ..."
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