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Mrs. Coolidge had no stancher friend than he, nor any who regarded her with greater respect and admiration, but he rarely spoke of her or addressed her by any other name than "Colonel Kate."
From Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories by Kelly, Florence Finch
"An' she's stancher--a wonderful lot stancher," continued the other.
From The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob by Wallace, Dillon
Among all Miss Russell's thirty pupils you could not have found two stancher friends than Lindsay Hepburn and Cicely Chalmers, both of whom were members of the third, or lowest, class.
From The Manor House School by Dixon, Arthur A.
"Never was a stancher heart than thine, Caillette, or a truer friend."
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
She was of about 500 Ton, and Kidd told us at the Councel, there never was a stronger or stancher Ship seen.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
