sizings
- plural of sizing.
Example Sentences
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I'm sure they have large numerations of sizings and shapings.
From Time Magazine Archive
If any one wished for more than was provided, he was obliged to size it, i.e. order from the kitchen or buttery, and this was charged as extra commons or sizings in the quarter-bill.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
For the mere cup and trencher, we no doubt Fared passing well; but as for merriment10 And sport, without which salt and sauces season The cheer but scantily, our sizings were Even of the narrowest.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
England can boast few keener, better-qualified critics than that admirable woman, Mrs. Barbauld, or, not to dock her of her accustomed sizings, Mrs. Anna Lætitia Barbauld.
From Res Judicat? Papers and Essays by Birrell, Augustine
Sizars at Cambridge are properly students in receipt of certain allowances called sizings.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
