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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sprug .
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Examples
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I gave him two purses of two hundred _sprugs_ each, and promised, when we arrived in England, to make him a present of a cow and a sheep.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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His majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred _sprugs_ apiece, together with his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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I gave him two purses of two hundred _sprugs_ each, and promised, when we arrived in England, to make him
The Junior Classics — Volume 5 William Patten 1902
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His Majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred _sprugs_ apiece, together with his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
The Junior Classics — Volume 5 William Patten 1902
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His Majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred sprugs apiece, together with his picture at full length, which
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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I gave him two purses of two hundred sprugs each, and promised, when we arrived in England, to make him a present of a cow and a sheep big with young.
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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His Majesty presented me with fifty purses of sprugs (their greatest gold coin) and his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
Blue Fairy Book 1889
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His Majesty presented me with fifty purses of sprugs (their greatest gold coin) and his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878
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His majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred sprugs a – piece, together with his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726
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I gave him two purses of two hundreds sprugs each, and promised, when we arrived in England, to make him a present of
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726
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