commonage
Example Sentences
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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
The rights of men are liberty and an equal participation in the commonage of nature.”
From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by MacDonald, Daniel J.
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
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)
We came over a rolling down towards the commonage.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Cripps, Arthur Shearly
