2. Verb. (third-person singular of slash) ¹
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Definition of Slashes
1. slash [v] - See also: slash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slashes
Literary usage of Slashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Henry Clay by Calvin Calton (1846)
"Schoolmaster and Schoolhouse of the slashes. —The Mill-Boy of the slashes.—Second
Marriage of Henry Clay's Mother.— Kindness of his Father-in-Law. ..."
2. The Life and Times of Henry Clay by Calvin Colton (1846)
"Schoolmaster and Schoolhouse of the slashes. —The Mill-Boy of the slashes.—Second
Marriage of Henry Clay's Mother.— Kindness of his Father-in-Law. ..."
3. Works of Henry Clay: Comprising His Life, Correspondence, and Speeches by Henry Clay, Thomas Brackett Reed, William McKinley (1896)
"Schoolmaster and Schoolhouse of the slashes.—The Mill-Boy of the slashes.—Second
Marriage of Henry Clay's Mother.—Kindness of his Father-in-Law. ..."
4. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"Henry Clay was often so called in reference to his life as a poor boy when he
was sent on errands to a mill at a place near his home called "The slashes. ..."
5. Monument to the Memory of Henry Clay by A. H. Carrier (1857)
"Birth and parentage — Death of his father— Its probable influence upon his after
history — Significance of the incident of "the mill-boy of tha slashes" ..."
6. Monument to the Memory of Henry Clay by A. H. Carrier (1857)
"Birth and parentage—Death of his father—Its probable influence upon his after
history—Significance of the incident of "the mill-boy of the slashes"—His ..."
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