Definition of Ribstons

1. ribston [n] - See also: ribston

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribstons

ribotoxic
ribotype
ribovirus
ribozymal
ribozyme
ribozymes
ribozymology
ribroast
ribroasted
ribroasting
ribroasts
ribs
ribston
ribstone
ribstones
ribstons (current term)
ribulokinase
ribulose
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase
ribulose diphosphate carboxylase
ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase activase
ribulosephosphate
ribulosephosphate 3-epimerase
ribwork
ribworks
ribwort
ribworts
rice

Literary usage of Ribstons

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

1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1909)
"I may add that it was the finest car of ribstons I ever packed — the most uniform, ... The purchaser said they were the best ribstons he had ever seen. ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"A million bushels of ribstons might have tumbled from trees and smashed my nose to a jelly, without my discovering the doctrine of gravitation : and the ..."

3. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... Miers), interesting from the structure of its flowers and from their having a strong odour of mellow ribstons or golden pippins. ..."

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