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Yet there is one thing: many a blencher can sing of battle; and it hath been seen, that a fair body of a man is whiles soft amidst the hard hand-play.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

"Well enough," said Richard; "thine host shall not be a great one, but no man in it will be a blencher, for they be all champions of the Dry Tree."

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

Of the others, some were but lads, and of the Chapmen were three old men, and more than one blencher besides.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William