plentier

Example Sentences

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"I don't see's Californy goold gets much plentier, or business much better, nowhere."

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

No human being would ever think of calling Jaaf an "old gentleman," even in these "aristrocratic" days, when "gentlemen" are plentier than blackberries; while any one might feel disposed thus to describe Susquesus.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

There's nothing plentier than the name; There's nothing rarer than the thing.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

We had a line of martin traps leadin' back to the hills, and over into a valley beyond, where the animal was plentier than they were on our side.

From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by Hammond, S. H. (Samuel H.)

We congratulated ourselves on the care with which the "outfit" had been selected at Lexington, for we came through without accident on a road where wrecks were plentier than milestones.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson