eighth rest

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noun Music.

a rest equal in time value to an eighth note.

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Origin of eighth rest

First recorded in 1885–90

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I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.
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Hopefully, she got as much of a laugh out of it as the rest of the world has.
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They let us get ahead of the outfit, then the rest of the guys came in.
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On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
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Edna Pontellier, casting her eyes about, had finally kept them at rest upon the sea.
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He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
We had half a dozen passengers to Ferrara; for the rest of the way, I had this extensive traveling establishment to myself.
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If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.
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