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- noun Plural form of
haggard .
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Examples
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There was no government aid infrastructure for the rural, overworked and underpaid mother and you can be certain there were no cosmopolitan blue bloods whose sleep that night would be interrupted lest they open their wallet for the disheveled haggards on the street.
James Richardson: Food or Facebook for America's Homeless? James Richardson 2010
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There was no government aid infrastructure for the rural, overworked and underpaid mother and you can be certain there were no cosmopolitan blue bloods whose sleep that night would be interrupted lest they open their wallet for the disheveled haggards on the street.
James Richardson: Food or Facebook for America's Homeless? James Richardson 2010
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"Happens with haggards," she'd said, shrugging unsentimentally.
The Coffin Dancer Deaver, Jeffery 1998
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The ride there had been accompanied by Peter's unending questions regarding bewits and bells, manning and mews, haggards and halsbands, followed by Abdul's in-depth answers.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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Had his lordship ascertained, before he wrote, how many of the stacks in Irish haggards _had the landlord's cross upon them for the rent_, like poor
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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Lord John speaks of the corn in the haggards of Ireland.
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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The haggards are full of corn-stacks, the rich pastures are full of kine.
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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There was not, Mr. Kelly maintained, enough of corn in the haggards of the country to last until the 1st of June, --
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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MacCarthy and others, attacked Ballybeggan Castle, plundered and burnt the house of Mr. Henry Huddleston, and did the same to the house and haggards of Mr. Hore, where they built an engine called a saw, having its three sides made musket-proof with boards.
The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent S.M. Hussey
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That all might not, however, be gloom, he added that he never saw so much corn safe and thatched in the haggards as he had seen this year.
The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke
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