Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To keep back; restrain.
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Examples
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Rosier ou nous logames: Je restay encore quelque tems chez ce mons. y attendant toujours mon Peuple de Caroline, le reste de la Compagnie reprirent le Chemin de Pensilvanie, mal Satisfait des tergiversations de M.M. et de Son etrange conduite.
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One of our passengers said to a shopkeeper, in reference to a proposed return to buy a pair of gloves, "Allong restay trankeel -- may be ve coom
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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One of our passengers said to a shopkeeper, in reference to a proposed return to buy a pair of gloves, "Allong restay trankeel -- may be ve coom
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 06 Mark Twain 1872
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