commonage
Example Sentences
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He grazed on the town commonage; besides grass, he never got anything to eat but an occasional handful of mealies.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
Sheep had fallen heavily in value; our flock could not be realized without incurring a ruinous loss, so it was kept for a time on the town commonage.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
It is the way your forefathers understood the law of commonage, and nobody ever grumbled that his neighbor had a cow or a pig too many!
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
The estate of Asbies contained fifty acres of arable land, six of meadow, and a right of commonage.
From Biographical Essays by De Quincey, Thomas
His pony was only grazing on the town commonage hard by; he could have him brought in less than half an hour.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Mitford, Bertram
