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- noun Plural form of
marcassin .
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Examples
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Mr. Greene's descriptions have the clarity one would expect from a poet, whether sketching the striped young boars, called marcassins, playing rough and tumble while looked over by the older sows, or recounting an old boar's happy mud bath.
Stalking the Beast Lawrence Norfolk 2011
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Price was to wear the same sort of gloves and yellow riband as herself, he had only complimented her upon her hair, her fair complexion, and her eyes marcassins.
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Price was to wear the same sort of gloves and yellow riband as herself, he had only complimented her upon her hair, her fair complexion, and her eyes marcassins.
The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Volume 05 Anthony Hamilton 1683
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Price was to wear the same sort of gloves and yellow riband as herself, he had only complimented her upon her hair, her fair complexion, and her eyes marcassins.
The Memoirs of Count Grammont — Complete Anthony Hamilton 1683
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