Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spur-leather. Scott, Monastery.
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Examples
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“Had we known in time,” said Douglas, “we might have had him privily waited upon as he entered the Borders; there are strapping lads enough would have rid us of him for the lucre of his spur-whang.
The Monastery 2008
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"Had we known in time," said Douglas, "we might have had him privily waited upon as he entered the Borders; there are strapping lads enough would have rid us of him for the lucre of his spur-whang.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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