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Definition of Snores
1. snore [v] - See also: snore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snores
Literary usage of Snores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... snores. *Crosses to L C. &He takes of head and runs or flies with it of R,
chuckling. A few bars of "Nocturne." *More music, all listen. ..."
2. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"It is two leagues long, and its snores are covered with trees resembling the
laurel, and being called sauces or maitenes, and remaining green the whole year ..."
3. Theory and Practice of Teaching by Edward Thring (1894)
"snores. Lunatic Mistakes. No Answers. THE actual teaching comes next. No words
can exaggerate the importance of the first rule to be laid down. ..."
4. Theory and Practice of Teaching by Edward Thring (1883)
"snores. Lunatic Mistakes. No Answers. THE actual teaching comes next. No words
can exaggerate the importance of the first rule to be laid down. ..."
5. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"Upon our ears fall their tantalizing snores. We become at once sleepily reckless
... The thick, sultry atmosphere of the cabin trembles with snores—snores ..."
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