Crossword-Solution: ANTIQUARY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Antiquary | a. | Pertaining to antiquity. |
| Antiquary | n. | One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “ANTIQUARY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ANTIQUE collector | 1 answer |
| ANTIQUITIES, collector of | 1 answer |
| Dealer in old things | 1 answer |
| student or collector of antiques or ancient works of art | 1 answer |
| Collector of ancient objects | 2 answers |
| ANTIQUARIAN | 5 answers |
| Collector. | 31 answers |
| OCCUPATION, type of | 88 answers |
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Sentences with ANTIQUARY (5)
Still the severer antiquary may think, that, by thus intermingling fiction with truth, I am polluting the well of history with modern inventions, and impressing upon the rising generation false ideas of the age which I describe.
There is a very curious description of hell in Bede's _Ecclesiastical History_, where the author speaks of ``deformed spirits'' who leap from excess of heat to cutting cold, and it is not improbable that Shakespeare may have had this passage in his mind when he put these words into the mouth of Claudio.[10] [10] An article on this point will be found in _The Antiquary_, vol.
The local antiquary points out where famous and well-born people had their lodging; and as you look up, out pops the head of a slatternly woman from the countess’s window.
John Buchanan, a zealous antiquary, writing in 1855, informs us that in the course of the eight years preceding that date, no less than seventeen canoes had been dug out of this estuarine silt [of the valley of the Clyde], and that he had personally inspected a large number of them before they were exhumed.
How unsubstantial is this projection of a man’s existence, which can lie in abeyance for centuries and then be brushed up again and set forth for the consideration of posterity by a few dips in an antiquary’s inkpot! This precarious tenure of fame goes a long way to justify those (and they are not few) who prefer cakes and cream in the immediate present.
Quotes with ANTIQUARY (2)
Here comes Mamma Vauquerr, fair as a starrr; and strung up like a bunch of carrots. Aren't we suffocating ourselves a wee bit?' he asked, placing a hand on the top of her corset. 'A bit of a crush in the vestibule, here, Mamma! If we start crying, there'll be an explosion. Never mind, I'll be there to collect the bits--just like an antiquary.''Now, there's the language of true French gallantry,' murmured Madame Vauquer in an aside to Madame Couture.
One of the very first ghost stories I read - and that was in a forest rest house, where it is a bit scarier - was by M.R. James. He is one of the pioneers of ghost stories. And the book was called 'Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary.'