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It was like a large, low hall, the roof supported by stout pieces of timber, called "sprags," in some places, and in others by "cogs," or lumps of coal, or by pillars of coal.
Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Assistant onsetter Ngesele Potsane was responding to a question from counsel for the State, R du Toit, on whose responsibility it was "to see to it that aeroplane sprags and the farm gate were put back in place".
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Just run back to the stack and bring us one of them small sprags.
The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines Kirk Munroe 1890
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