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The French have not the word, or its synonime, in their language.
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The French have not the word, or its synonime, in their language.
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For the honour of our country, we hope this may prove true; since it may lessen the odium with which men habitually load poor republics, a name which has long been the by-word and synonime of ingratitude.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Various 1821
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So popular was the play that "Drawcansir" passed into a synonime for a braggadocio.
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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The French have not the word, or its synonime, in their language.
A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795 Lady, An English 1797
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[Footnote 26: Hakluyt, on the margin, gives _Guanaba_ as a synonime: it was probably Gonaives 'Bay, in the northern part of the west end of
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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-- E.] [Footnote 335: It is not easy to reconcile this synonime of a _coughe_ house or church, with the explanation formerly given, that _coughe_ house means coffee-house; perhaps we ought to read in the text, a church or mosque, and a coughe or coffee-house.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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