press money
Origin of press money
1First recorded in 1550–60
Words Nearby press money
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How to use press money in a sentence
Press-money, proposition that those who refused it should be tried by martial law, iii.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) | Isaac DisraeliThey came again to give me press-money; but I would take none.
George Fox | George FoxThey came again to give me press money, but I would take none.
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet HodgkinThe wealthy man tried to press money upon both Penny and Salt, who smilingly refused to accept it.
Signal in the Dark | Mildred A. WirtWho would palter at press-money When he heard that sea-cry vast?
Songs from Vagabondia | Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
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