reeves
- present tense form of reeve (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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In Cornish, for fun, newly married couples are appointed honorary hog reeves each year.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2010
Generations ago, towns appointed hog reeves — people who caught livestock that ran away — each year at a town meeting.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2010
Railes and heathpolts, ruffs, and reeves, are excellent meat wherever they can be met with.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 by Various
"I cannot give such a promise, for it will lie with the Sheriff and reeves of Guildford."
From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The lad looked piteously at Dave and his companion of the rabbit warren—two inseparable friends—and felt that his chance of seeing the ruffs and reeves captured was very small.
From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by Fenn, George Manville
