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- noun Plural form of
staylace .
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Examples
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_ -- What is the origin of the custom which still obtains in St. Magnus and other city churches, of presenting the clergy with ribbons, cakes, and silk staylaces on Ascension Day?
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But Annina had sparks of fire in her brown eyes, and panted as she tugged at her staylaces.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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Alan hated doctrines -- "the soul's staylaces," he called them -- but Elder Trewin was a man to be reckoned with and Alan preached an occasional sermon to please him.
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Nobody answered; and the female dealer in staylaces interposed.
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Nobody answered; and the female dealer in staylaces interposed.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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A little farther -- and there was a blind man selling staylaces, and singing a Psalm; and, beyond him again, a broken-down soldier playing "God save the Queen" on a tin flageolet.
The Fallen Leaves Wilkie Collins 1856
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