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neckland

neckland \neck"land\, n. A neck of land. [Obs.]

Usage examples of "neckland".

It was only an old stone out of the sky, because I heard Father and Bert Neckland agree to it.

Grubby and Neckland were at work in the ditch, unblocking it with shovels.

Her father stood nearby with his arms folded, looking impatient, while Bert Neckland lounged by the door.

Good Nancy came running out to stop him, but Neckland was charging up too with the pair of savage dogs' growling at the ends of their chains.

Bert Neckland stood as far away from the door as possible, grasping his stick and letting his mouth hang open.

And he had scorned the idea that these beings could be hostile, and had seen the admiration in her eyes, and had thought that she was, after all, a dashed pretty girl, and perhaps worth braving the wrath of those two very different people for: Edward Rolles, his father, and Bert Neckland, the farm laborer.

Grubby, with Bert Neckland, formed the whole strength of Joseph Grendon’s labor force.

The flesh had a bitter taste for which Neckland was the first to account.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Neckland stir and crawl away from the house, but there were other things to occupy him.

Throughly cowed, Neckland backed towards the opening until he was almost out on the little platform above the sails.

Good Nancy came running out to stop him, but Neckland was charging up too with the pair of savage dogs’ growling at the ends of their chains.