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Examples
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“So be it, then,” said the Knight of Valence; “this done, I myself will lie down without doffing my mail-shirt, and snatch a sleep till the ruddy dawn calls me again to duty, when you, Augustine, will hold yourself ready to attend me to our Castle of Douglas.”
Castle Dangerous 2008
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He halted some five paces from Oracle, grinning as he noticed the rusted mail-shirt.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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From it he took a rusting mail-shirt and helm and an old broadsword wrapped in oiled cloth.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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Swiftly he pulled the mail-shirt over his tunic and strapped the sword to his side.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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The blade hammered into the mail-shirt - and snapped.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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Stopping by a stream, he tore the arrow from his shoulder and stripped his mail-shirt from him.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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The shaft sang through the air, punching through the Aenir's mail-shirt at the shoulder.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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He wore a glistening mail-shirt of iron rings sewn to a leather base with silver thread.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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He donned the mail-shirt noting, with a wry grin, that it no longer hung well on his bony frame.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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"Put on your mail-shirt and your helmet, your sword and your dagger, and stack your shield and spear outside the command tent," said Pompey cheerfully.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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