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They broke betwixt them the thin broad-piece of gold which Alice had refused to receive from Ravenswood.
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"Do it with all civility," said the lady, "and let Whitaker send her the wages for which she has served, and a broad-piece over and above; for though a light-headed young woman, she was kind to the children."
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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They broke betwixt them the thin broad-piece of gold which Alice had refused to receive from
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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Kensington -- where the nobility and gentry who met (but in no great numbers) used to make a sum for them, each giving a broad-piece or the like. "
A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Dutton Cook 1856
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I knew him well; but if the youth be a friend of yours, depend upon't he's kindly thought of, for the leader put a broad-piece into my hand as he passed, and told me to see that the Cavalier was properly attended to. "
The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840
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Whitaker send her the wages for which she has served, and a broad-piece over and above; for though a light-headed young woman, she was kind to the children.”
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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