10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAUGHSOME»
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But still he holds the wedding-guest – 'There was a ship,' quoth he – 10 'Nay, if
thou'st got a laughsome tale, Mariner! come with me.' He holds him with his
skinny hand, Quoth he, 'There was a ship –' 'Now get thee hence, thou grey-
beard ...
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The History of the Valorous & Witty Knight-errant Don ...
... have been somewhat too laughsome ; but tell me, I pray you, now that we are
in peace, as God shall deliver you out of all adventures that may befall you, as
whole and sound as He hath done out of this, hath the not great fear we were in ...
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,
1908
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MANY YEARS AGO IN ARKANSAS: Biography of MRS. IDA LOUISE ...
That's howdumb I was to the fact. Well, my brother Fred introduced
metocigarettes and grass. When I smoked thefirst one, I thought Ifelt better
because I startedto laugh. Fred said, “See, that's what you need—to laughsome
more.”Butthat stuff ...
JENNIE MATHIS SILCOTT,
2008
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The illustrated national pronouncing dictionary of the ...
Laughing, (laf ing) n. the act of laugh- Laughsome, (laf sum) a. full of laugh;
gleeful. Laughter, (lafter) n. convulsive expression of mirth. Launch, (lansh) v. t. to
slide into water ; — n. the sliding of a ship into water. [washerwoman. Laundress
...
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Transactions of the Philological Society
... instead of those borrowed from the Latin ; as heedsome, attentive ; winsome,
likely to win or captivate; lovesome, disposed to love; blithesome, disposed to be
blithe; fadesome, laughsome, runsome (as mercury), meltsome (as butter or lead)
...
Philological Society (Great Britain),
1864
Stepfin, Father Christmas, lithe, laughsome, and ree, A goodly band fain would
do homage to thee; The young and the aged, the hirsute and bland, Are lwaiting
a squeeze from thy time-honoured and ; The maids of the hamlet—of girlhood the
' ...
JEREMY — Fi u e get lowest beef rate. KlNsLEY — Sia e rates a little rather than
lose business. LAUGHSOME — Rebate. LAUNcH — Better arrange rebate there.
LAUNCHED— Burning the stick at both ends. LAUNCHING —- Can make ...
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Lyrical Ballads: With a Few Other Poems
But still he holds the wedding-guest — There was a Ship, quoth he — " Nay, if
thou'st got a laughsome tale, " Marinere ! come with me." He holds him with his
skinny hand, Quoth he, there was a Ship — " Now get thee hence, thou grey-
beard ...
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
1798
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review
... laughsome creature. I won't try to tie you down to a man in a black clerical coat
with a very distant hypothetical reversionary prospect of a dull and dingy country
parsonage. Flit elsewhere, little Miss Butterfly, flit elsewhere, and find yourself a ...
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English Past and Present
... flavoursome,' ' wranglesome,' 'hinder- some,' ' clamorsome,' ' thwartsome ' (all
these still surviving in the North), 'playsome' (employed by the historian Hume), '
lissome,' 'meltsome,' 'heed- some,' ' laughsome,' 'clogsome,' 'fearsome,' ...
Richard Chenevix Trench,
1903
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAUGHSOME»
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Tim Walker: 'Flight of the Conchords have a scenester cool and …
... Schaffer's default position is pitch-perfect pastiche of America's dominant musical styles: immediately recognisable, and instantly laughsome. «Independent, Mar 09»