aspersers

I 'd like to see 'em try it! and Tom clenched his hands, as if it would be an immense relief to him to thrash half a dozen aspersers of his father's honest name.

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

Thunderous cheers for "the rail-splitter" resounded, for this slur on the statesman had recoiled on aspersers and was used as a title of honor.

The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams

Thunderous cheers for "the rail-splitter" resounded, for this slur on the statesman had recoiled on aspersers and was used as a title of honor.

Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter

Came negro water-carriers in white turbans with aspersers made of palmetto leaves to sprinkle the ground and lay the dust against the tramp of slaves and buyers.

The Sea-Hawk Rafael Sabatini 1912

Thunderous cheers for “the rail-splitter” resounded, for this slur on the statesman had recoiled on aspersers and was used as a title of honor.

The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907

Abuse was heaped upon him plentifully by hot partisans; he was charged with want of patriotism from the one side, and with too much of it from the other; but he held on his way manfully, allowing no blow from his aspersers to pass unreturned.

Daniel Defoe Minto, William, 1845-1893 1879

Abuse was heaped upon him plentifully by hot partisans; he was charged with want of patriotism from the one side, and with too much of it from the other; but he held on his way manfully, allowing no blow from his aspersers to pass unreturned.

Daniel Defoe William Minto 1869

It created great anxiety amongst politicians to ascertain what was the nature and extent of the inquiry; but it was studiously kept a profound secret, very much to the injury of the Princess, because, amongst the Prince of Wales's friends, there were not wanting friends, aspersers of character, to whisper away her fair fame.

Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Henry Hunt 1804

I 'd like to see 'em try it! "and Tom clenched his hands, as if it would be an immense relief to him to thrash half a dozen aspersers of his father's honest name.

An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870

I 'd like to see 'em try it! "and Tom clenched his hands, as if it would be an immense relief to him to thrash half a dozen aspersers of his father's honest name.

An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860