Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
husband .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He talked, and his spirit grew tender and manly and husbandlike, as he told his plans and his hopes.
Other Main-Travelled Roads Hamlin Garland 1900
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It is the duty of the tenant not only to guard the property, but to conduct the farm in a husbandlike manner.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Thomas Forsyth Hunt 1894
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In husbandry leases, a covenant to cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner, and according to the custom of the district, is always implied; but it is more usual to prescribe the course of tillage which is to be pursued.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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In husbandry leases, a covenant to cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner, and according to the custom of the district, is always implied; but it is more usual to prescribe the course of tillage which is to be pursued.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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