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Definition of Propping up

1. Noun. The act of propping up with shores.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propping Up

Literary usage of Propping up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historic Mackinac: The Historical, Picturesque and Legendary Features of the by Edwin Orin Wood (1918)
"When the men were not drilling they were propping up the Fort, and when they were not propping up the Fort they were drilling. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1853)
"The fourth plea, which is pleaded only to " the not shoring or propping up the wall, or taking other reasonable or proper precautions to support or secure ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas: With by Sir William Hodges, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain (1838)
"The fourth plea, which is pleaded only to " the not shoring or propping up the wall, or taking other reasonable or proper precautions to support or secure ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Cresswell Cresswell (1830)
"... without shoring up, propping up, or duly notice that he securing the said adjoining house in which the plaintiffs pull down his were so interested, ..."

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