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Examples
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It is unnatural that a poet should pay for his own pot of beer; I will drink his tester for him, to save him from such shame; and when his third night comes round, he shall have penniworths for his coin,
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In obedience to this provision I had sold at par, for coin,
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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See the woman's twinkling fingers tend him a coin,
New Poems 1907
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"If your Honour pleases," said the girl quietly, picking up the coin,
Lady Good-for-Nothing Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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-- Up from the ground they snatch the copper coin,
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The present ratio of net Treasury gold to outstanding Government liabilities, including United States notes, Treasury notes of 1890, silver certificates, currency certificates, standard silver dollars, and fractional silver coin,
State of the Union Address William McKinley 1872
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"So am I," returned Home, with increasing gravity, as he took the coin,
Colonel Starbottle's Client Bret Harte 1869
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In the extreme sharpness of his look out for base coin,
Hard Times 1868
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In the extreme sharpness of his look out for base coin,
Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868
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The letter contained a two-guinea piece, a small Portuguese gold coin,
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part George M��ller 1851
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