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- noun Plural form of
springal .
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Examples
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“I for one intend to send the Lord Admiral every small fighting vessel at my disposal — sloops armed with springals and cutters carrying tarnblaze bombards.”
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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Fusillades of javelins, struck from springals, hailed down on pirate ships as frequently as they did on ours.
Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981
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If onagri or springals lay unassembled in the hold they were not yet being brought to the deck.
Explorers Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980
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But Alwyn, as indifferent to their respect as he had been to their ridicule, turned round and said, with a significant glance at the silent nobles, "We springals of London can take care of our own, if need be."
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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But Alwyn, as indifferent to their respect as he had been to their ridicule, turned round and said, with a significant glance at the silent nobles, "We springals of
The Last of the Barons — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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