Etymology
Origin of waftage
Example Sentences
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Thus Trimalchio says, 'I threw thy Cerberus a sleepy morsel, And paid thy Charon for my waftage over, And I have a golden sprig for my Proserpina.
From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John
S. A ship you sent me to, to hire waftage.
From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George
I have walked London streets for twelve and fifteen hours together without even a thought of saving my legs or my time, by paying for waftage.
From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George
If, aged Charon, when my life shall end, I pass thy ferry and my waftage pay, Thy oars shall fall, thy boat and mast shall rend, And through the deep shall be a dry foot-way.
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia by Crow, Martha Foote
Like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks, Staying for waftage.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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