Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Allotment; what is allotted or assigned to use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Allotment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Allotment
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Examples
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The spirit of my father grows strong in me, and I will no longer endure it: therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.
As You Like It 2004
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The spirit of my father grows strong in me, and I will no longer endure it; therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.
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"Give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament, with that I will go buy me fortunes."
The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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"Give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament, with that I will go buy me fortunes."
The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The spirit of my father grows strong in me, and I will no longer endure it: therefore allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman, or give me the poor allottery my father left me by testament; with that I will go buy my fortunes.
As You Like It 1599
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