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Definition of Twelvemonths
1. twelvemonth [n] - See also: twelvemonth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twelvemonths
Literary usage of Twelvemonths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1836)
"VIII The most Striking Events of a twelvemonths' Campaign with Zumalacarregui in
Navarre and the Basque Provinces. By CF HENNINGSEN, Captain of Lancers in ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"... because the years now mentioned were the most costly ones in his life ; and
for every twelvemonths in which any man allows himself, or is encouraged by ..."
3. Memorials of the Civil War: Comprising the Correspondence of the Fairfax by Robert Bell (1849)
"... nature hardly time to recover strength after the tender pangs of childbirth :
add these incidents to the larger events of the past twelvemonths, ..."
4. The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France by Pardoe (Julia) (1887)
"... and returns to England — A twelvemonths' truce signed by the European sovereigns —
Death of Anne de Bretagne — Grief of the king — Marriage of the ..."
5. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1865)
"... It is a matter to be considered whether the pl«í is not entitled to come here
to be protected dl the twelvemonths from the sale of the ..."
6. The Most Striking Events of a Twelvemonth's Campaign with Zumalacarregui: In by Charles Frederick Henningsen (1836)
"... A twelvemonths CAMPAIGN CHAPTER XL Skirmish at Sesma—Story of a Vendean
Officer—Stratagem— Capture of Spies—Ximenes—The Urbanos—Attack on a fortified ..."
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