gainings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Her engagements had proved profitable, she had acquired much more than was necessary for her simple wants; and all her surplus gainings were scrupulously sent to her mother.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
Wave follows wave with equable gainings and recessions, the one sliding back in fluent music to be mingled with and carried forward by the next.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
My portion of my father's worldly effects added something considerable to my own gainings; and, resigning my situation, I bade farewell to the crook and plaid.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Her glass is blest but she as good as blind Holds till hand aches and wonders what is there; Her glass drinks light, she darkles down behind, All of her glorious gainings unaware.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour
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