slane
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After all, it’s impossible to remember which consequent word is most appropriate for every color pattern that occurs after slane.
From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2023
Therefore, it shouldn’t make much difference whether you start a game with soare or slane.
From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2023
The epitaph ran as follows:— here lies papa’s poor cotching chiney cock croolly slane by harry with his bow and arrie. he sleeps in peas.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon
In Ireland, is employed the "slane," a common form of which is shown in fig.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)
He is twise fain, that sits on a slane.
From Collection of Scotch Proverbs by Stampoy, Pappity
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