Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who expends money; a steward.
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Examples
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Each minute is an inexorable layer-out of the dead.
Les Miserables 2008
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Johnson said, he was a good layer-out of land, but would not allow him to approach excellence as a poet.
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Mrs. Briggs occupied the exalted position of layer-out in chief in
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Dr. Johnson said he was a good layer-out of land [721], but would not allow him to approach excellence as a poet.
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Mrs. Caply was the layer-out of the dead for the neighborhood.
The Rector of St. Mark's Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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Each minute is an inexorable layer-out of the dead.
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Each minute is an inexorable layer-out of the dead.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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Dr Johnson said, he was a good layer-out of land, but would not allow him to approach excellence as a poet.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767
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