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- noun Plural form of
spottle .
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Examples
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Obviously she values his social standing, but she emphasizes that his reputation depended more on his own "spottles" character than on his family's rank.
My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993
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Indeed, the very phrase "spottles ffame" suggests the balance Moulsworth so frequently achieves: her father's internal worth (or spotlessness) led to his external, public recognition.
My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993
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In her typically balanced way, she describes him as a man both "of spottles ffame" and "of gentle Birth" (ll. 21-22), but here again the
My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993
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