Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old spelling of
warder .
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Examples
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DOGGET, wardour at the castle of Garde Doloureuse.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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"but they being shut, and, after waiting some time, the wardour refusing to open them," they were obliged to proceed to the common stairs near that fortress.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 Various
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It stuck with me, and made me appreciate the power of live music. i'm still mad at a friend who gave me a tour of madison, wisconsin, the one and only time i will ever go there and he FAILED to point out the studio where butch vig recorded nirvana. the site of the pub opposite hammy odeon - always went there before gigs - or the intrepid fox, st moritz and the old marquee on wardour street
NME Features 2010
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"Soon after, the major of the tower came to my Lord Mayor to acquaint him, that 'he was sorry for the refusal of which the wardour had been guilty, whom he had ordered to strict duty, and would oblige him to come and ask pardon for his insolence.'
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 Various
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