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Definition of Sworders
1. sworder [n] - See also: sworder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sworders
Literary usage of Sworders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"... arms of their own period ; as we see the Roman soldiers at the foot of the
cross in some German and Dutch pictures, mere portraits of the sworders and ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"If he can take France by himself, the devil's in it if he don't repulse the
invaders, when backed by those celebrated sworders — those boys of the blade, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"... there is even less about the lyrics :— ' Tower warders Under orders Gallant
pikemen, valiant sworders I Brave in be^iring Foemen scaring lu their bygone ..."
4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Ye teachers, answer: what shall be done when just men stand in the dock; When
the caitiff is robed in ermine, and his sworders keep the lock; When torture ..."
5. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"CHORUS (as Teamen march on), Tower Warders, Under orders, Gallant pikemen, valiant
sworders ! Foemen scaring, In their bygone daya of daring ! ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"... arms of their own period ; as we see the Roman soldiers at the foot of the
cross in some German and Dutch pictures, mere portraits of the sworders and ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"If he can take France by himself, the devil's in it if he don't repulse the
invaders, when backed by those celebrated sworders — those boys of the blade, ..."
8. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"... there is even less about the lyrics :— ' Tower warders Under orders Gallant
pikemen, valiant sworders I Brave in be^iring Foemen scaring lu their bygone ..."
9. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Ye teachers, answer: what shall be done when just men stand in the dock; When
the caitiff is robed in ermine, and his sworders keep the lock; When torture ..."
10. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"CHORUS (as Teamen march on), Tower Warders, Under orders, Gallant pikemen, valiant
sworders ! Foemen scaring, In their bygone daya of daring ! ..."
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