reddleman

[ red-l-muhn ]

/ ˈrɛd l mən /

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QUIZZES

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Possibly these two might not have spoken again till their parting, had it not been for the reddleman's visits to his van.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
The reddleman watched his form as it diminished to a speck on the road and became absorbed in the thickening films of night.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
The traveller with the cart was a reddleman—a person whose vocation it was to supply farmers with redding for their sheep.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy
Mis'ess Yeobright, not ten minutes ago a man was here asking for you—a reddleman.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy

The reddleman had not been gone more than a few minutes when another person approached the partially revived bonfire.
Return of the Native|Thomas Hardy