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Definition of Sconced
1. sconce [v] - See also: sconce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sconced
Literary usage of Sconced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"The Dons fined or sconced for small offences ; eg, five shillings for wearing
... Among undergrads a pun, or an oath, or an indecent remark, was sconced by ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1888)
"All Scholars under y6 Degree of MA that knock or come in at y* Gates after eleven
o'Clock at Night, to be sconced one Shilling loties quoties, ..."
3. Educational Foundations (1916)
"Register of the Sorbonne: "A Doctor of Divinity is sconced a quart of wine for
... Clerks are sconced a pint for 'very inordinately' knocking 'at the door ..."
4. Oxford: Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes by Andrew Lang (1909)
"Johnson was "sconced" in the sum of twopence for cutting lecture ; and it is ...
It was when he was thus sconced that Johnson made that reply which Boswell ..."
5. Oxford by Andrew Lang (1890)
"Johnson was "sconced" in the sum of twopence for cutting lecture ... It was when
he was thus sconced that Johnson made that reply which Boswell preserves ..."
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