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"You missed your chance, falterer," said the Judge severely.
The Money Master, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"You missed your chance, falterer," said the Judge severely.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"You missed your chance, falterer," said the Judge severely.
The Money Master, Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Presently, one of them faltered; but his adversary rushing in to cleave him down, slipped against a guavarind; when the falterer, with one lucky blow, high into the air sent the stumbler's club, which descended upon the crown of a spectator, who was borne from the plain.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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a falterer, a failure; he has become a believer, a fighter, a conqueror.
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