"invention" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The angels painted below the windows are, however, purely Victorian inventions, a product of the restoration under Thomas Gambier Parry in 1874.
- The name associates it with the ancient British king Cunobeline (Cymbeline), although this may be a Victorian invention.
- It's another one of those awful Victorian inventions designed to pander to the aristocracy.
- He dismissed the story as nothing more than "a late Victorian invention, very sentimental, and an example of the noble savage mind-set."
- Heterosexuality a Victorian invention?
- "Christmas decorations are a Victorian invention," he said.
- However, the modern Highland games are largely a Victorian invention, developed after the Highland Clearances.
- The term "Victorian" was first used during The Great Exhibition in London (1851), where Victorian inventions and morals were shown to the world.
- However, Nunberg could not find an Arab source for the saying and suspected it was a Victorian invention.
- Like much of what we do on 25 December - marathon television-watching aside - Christmas cake is a Victorian invention.
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