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- noun Plural form of
rifler .
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Examples
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I do not think the riflers liste above ae any faster than the 25-06.
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I do not think the riflers liste above ae any faster than the 25-06.
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“Right, Henry — right — very right,” said Luch, mournfully, holding the boy fast by the hand, after she had given him the wire he wanted; “but there are more riflers in the world than your falcon, and more wounded birds that seek but to die in quiet, that can find neither brake nor whin-bush to hide their head in.”
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Butterfly triflers, gay-plumed would-be riflers of golden chalices, of poisoned flowers,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 Various
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These riflers of journals would, I felt confident, be unable to produce anything reflecting my real sentiments about my betrothed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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And none was more enthusiastic or demonstrative of the features of the lists than these rapacious riflers, who loudly cheered the merry monarch or shouted for his gallant knights, while deftly cutting purse-cords or despoiling honest country dames of brooches, clasps or other treasured articles of adornment.
Under the Rose Frederic Stewart Isham
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Above Rues Vertes the spiteful fire of the remaining scattered units of the Ten Hundred impressed upon the Hun mind a fear of those riflers that was pregnant enough to force him to rapidly verge away from the spot to
Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq
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We passed through Selinos, where the riflers of the antique necropolis brought me quantities of glass found in the graves, and a few bronze and gold ornaments; and when I had loaded myself and my attendants with all the glass we could safely carry, the people begged me still to buy, if only for a piastre each piece, what they had accumulated for want of a buyer.
The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901
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Moreover, these corpse-riflers creep stealthily and unseen, as the red earth-worms, to the carcass.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 09 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Moreover, these corpse-riflers creep stealthily and unseen, as the red earth-worms, to the carcass.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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