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Definition of Poppish
1. like pop music [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poppish
Literary usage of Poppish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"(One of the committees on which he served in 1702—"for the better Discovery of
all Lands, and other Revenues, given to poppish superstitious Uses, ..."
2. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"(One of the committees on which he served in 1702—"for the better Discovery of
all Lands, and other Revenues, given to poppish superstitious Uses, ..."
3. The World's Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit and Humor of by Lionel Strachey (1912)
"... extinction in religion is forgot, and we shall see all our halters occupied
by poppish priests. What does Mr. More, ..."
4. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"... extinction in religion is forgot, and we shall see all our halters occupied
by poppish priests. What does Mr. More, ..."
5. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1877)
"... venture to show their faces in their respective parishes if they voted in
favour of the Individual who introduced the Popish (pronounced poppish) organ. ..."
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