marque

• Some technical details — the precise wording of the letter of marque, the design of the flag under which copy-editing privateers would operate — remain to be worked out.
• When the truth comes to light, as I can promise you it soon will, that letter of marque will be the only thing standing between your pompous papa and the gallows. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
• And rising from the dimples at the small of my back to the finial at my nape was my marque, the bold, intricate design etched in black, with crimson accents. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
• "Four thousand for her marque, and four thousand against the House's loss of her art and labor in the time she would have made it And a balance of two thousand toward the purchase of materials and a year's patronage at Eglantine House should she so desire; hers clear if she does not," Moirethe Lereux agreed, glancing over our written agreement. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
• Turning me, he gathered up my hair in both hands, peering at the nape of my neck where the finial of my marque was visible. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen

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