royal stag
Britishnoun
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The red deer stag in the oil painting has 12 points on its antlers, which makes it a "royal stag".
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The walls were draped with clan tartans, and eke the lounges and chairs; while the heads of many a royal stag adorned the walls, amidst tastefully displayed claymores, spears, shields, and dirks, and pistols.
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"May as well be hanged for a royal stag as for lesser game," said Master Windybank; and as he said it he felt his neck grow uncomfortable.
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Like picking a royal stag out of his harem of does.
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As for his looks, he was not to be matched with Mary's auburn Apollo—one cannot compare a royal stag and a tawny-maned lion!
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