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- noun Plural form of
hearkener .
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Examples
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Every waggon or barrel or chance provision case had been converted into a pulpit, each with its own orator and little knot of eager hearkeners.
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"He need not gloom and look at me; hearkeners never hear good of themselves," Nelly thought, with passionate vehemence; but her sparkling eyes fell slowly, and her proud panting heart quailed with a long throb.
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870
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The reason why much earnest Christian teaching is vain is the indifference and non-expectant attitude of the hearers, who are not hearkeners.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Alexander Maclaren 1868
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They say that hearkeners hear ill tales of themselves -- by my saul, my very ears are tingling wi 'that auld sorrow Sir Mungo's sarcasms.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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They say that hearkeners hear ill tales of themselves — by my saul, my very ears are tingling wi’ that auld sorrow Sir
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