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Examples
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Captain Pond, breaking loose from him and facing swiftly towards the Cove-head, with a flourish of his blade called upon his mainguard.
The Mayor of Troy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I tell you, Captain, I crope away from that sight a good fifty yards 'pon my belly before making a break for the Cove; and when I got back close to the mainguard I ducked my head and skirted round to the track here in search of you: for I wouldn' be one to raise false alarms, not I!
The Mayor of Troy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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