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- adjective Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
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- adjective Not
spilt
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Examples
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She did this acrobatic drunken tumble from the sofa, and somehow or other, even though she rolled and rolled, the dainty little champagne glass remained upright and her champagne remained unspilt.
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The first care of the two unspilt friends was to extricate their unfortunate companions from their bed of quickset — a process which gave them the unspeakable satisfaction of discovering that they had sustained no injury, beyond sundry rents in their garments, and various lacerations from the brambles.
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Jonas, watching Susan to see whether she got home with the honey unspilt, was oblivious to the half of the world that was behind his back; but when he turned about and took up the dish of batter, intending to pour out a griddleful of pancakes, he saw her coming.
The Wrong Woman Charles D. Stewart
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No voice came from him, no paroxysms, no falling to the ground, and the water was unspilt.
Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short
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The first care of the two unspilt friends was to extricate their unfortunate companions from their bed of quickset -- a process which gave them the unspeakable satisfaction of discovering that they had sustained no injury, beyond sundry rents in their garments, and various lacerations from the brambles.
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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Doth the chalice, unspilt on the ground, not return to the hand?
Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Doth the chalice, unspilt on the ground, not return to the hand?
Lucretia — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The first care of the two unspilt friends was to extricate their unfortunate companions from their bed of quickset -- a process which gave them the unspeakable satisfaction of discovering that they had sustained no injury, beyond sundry rents in their garments, and various lacerations from the brambles.
The Pickwick papers 1836
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a gorge and they drove a cyclist into a patch of maize, they narrowly missed a goat and jumped three gullies, thrice the horse stumbled and was jerked up in time, there were sickening moments, and withal they got down to Piedimulera unbroken and unspilt.
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Miss Josselin! "they shouted, and drank what their unsteady hands left unspilt.
Lady Good-for-Nothing Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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