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Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master.
An Autobiography 2004
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Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master.
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1883
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Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master.
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope 1848
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De Reszke cigarettes, whiskey and soda, and a new tin of John Cotton smoking mixture completed the spread -- which would be faithfully reflected in Forbes's "battels," or weekly bills, later on.
Kathleen Christopher Morley 1923
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College matches away from Oxford were almost unknown; college grounds, which were still quite a new thing in the middle of last century, were nearly all concentrated on Cowley Marsh, and the somewhat heavy contribution from all undergraduates, now generally collected by the college authorities in "battels" and become semi - official, was not dreamed of.
The Charm of Oxford 1892
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It was important for me to really pick my battels and to step back and take a breath …. kids are kids, and alot of what they do is normal.
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If the only way they can win is about to play on fear and homofobic rethoric i hope the democrats wins a landslide and kick away GOP after GOP in battels for congres and senate seat.
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Some other, being of lowe and base condition, by adventuring in many skirmishes and foughten battels, trampling in the bloud of their brethren and friends, have bene mounted to the soveraigne dignity of Kingdomes (beleeving that therein consisted the truest happinesse) but bought with the deerest price of their lives.
The Decameron 2004
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On one awful day the second master announced to me that my battels would be stopped.
An Autobiography 2004
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He told me the reason, — the battels for the last half-year had not been repaid; and he urged his own unwillingness to advance the money.
An Autobiography 2004
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