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Definition of Poltergeists
1. poltergeist [n] - See also: poltergeist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poltergeists
Literary usage of Poltergeists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural, with Some Account of Hereditary by Charles George Harper (1907)
"These are the spirits known to the Germans as " poltergeists " : literally, "
boisterous spirits "—the ..."
2. Adventurings in the Psychical by Henry Addington Bruce (1914)
"CHAPTER V poltergeists AND MEDIUMS WE have now to consider a very different class
of spiritistic manifestations, the so- called " physical phenomena," which ..."
3. Modern Spiritualism: A History and a Criticism by Frank Podmore (1902)
"... CHAPTER II ON poltergeists MYSTERIOUS knocks and rappings, accompanied by
throwing of stones, ringing of bells, breaking of crockery, and other more ..."
4. Studies in Psychical Research by Frank Podmore (1897)
"CHAPTER V. poltergeists. OF the manifestations described in the preceding chapters,
some few find a parallel in earlier times, or amongst uncivilised ..."
5. Modern Spiritualism: A History and a Criticism by Frank Podmore (1902)
"... CHAPTER II ON poltergeists MYSTERIOUS knocks and rappings, accompanied by
throwing of stones, ringing of bells, breaking of crockery, and other more ..."
6. The Proofs of Spirit Forces by George Henslow (1920)
"poltergeists. In Spirit Psychometry, it will be seen how little Dora could be a
mischievous sprite, as she banged the saucepans in Mr. ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"I cannot, however, use the expression,' persecuted by poltergeists,' as I had a
feeling throughout that I did not matter, and that it was of no importance ..."
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