Lexicographical Neighbors of Roisting
Literary usage of Roisting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionnaire anglais-franca̧is: et français-anglais by Abel Boyer, Nicholas Salmon, Louis Francoi̧s Fain (1821)
"Ex. A roisting fellow, an faux brave, ... roisting ,"s. fausse bravoure,
rodomontade , fanfaronnade ,f. Roll [ rôle ] , s. un rouleau : ( to winn! m rope ..."
2. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by J(ohn) Payne Collier (1866)
"... my rimes of roisting joye." This may mean that hy some " mishaps " (here spoken
of in the plural) he ... of " roisting rimes " which he had intended to ..."
3. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1865)
"This may mean that by some "mishaps" (here spoken of in the plural) he had been
bereft of " roisting rimes " whieh he had intended to publish: probably, ..."
4. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by John Payne Collier (1865)
"This may mean that by some " mishaps" (here spoken of in the plural) he had been
bereft of " roisting rimes " which he had intended to publish : probably, ..."
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