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- noun Plural form of
stanchel .
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Examples
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This is by way of reply to your statement that there isn't a gap, a weak rail, a rotten stake, or a split rider in all your political fences; that you've got everything inclosed seven rails high and are only waiting for the congressional convention to drive the delegates right into the "stanchels" and have them counted.
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` ` Now, sir, we have patiently heard you, and we just wish you to understand, in the way of answer, that you may as well argue to the ashlar-work and iron stanchels of the Tolbooth as think to change our purpose ---
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“Now, sir, we have patiently heard you, and we just wish you to understand, in the way of answer, that you may as well argue to the ashlar-work and iron stanchels of the Tolbooth as think to change our purpose — Blood must have blood.
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"Now, sir, we have patiently heard you, and we just wish you to understand, in the way of answer, that you may as well argue to the ashlar-work and iron stanchels of the Tolbooth as think to change our purpose -- Blood must have blood.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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"Now, sir, we have patiently heard you, and we just wish you to understand, in the way of answer, that you may as well argue to the ashlar-work and iron stanchels of the Tolbooth as think to change our purpose -- Blood must have blood.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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