Acton
['æktən]
Definition
(n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
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Definition
n. a stuffed leather jacket which used to be worn under a coat of mail.
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Examples
- To get at this, I endeavored first of all to solve the reason of the original burglary at Mr. Acton's. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It's evidently the same villains who broke into Acton's. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I understood, from something which the Colonel told us, that a lawsuit had been going on between you, Mr. Acton, and the Cunninghams. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In that case, of course, Acton's and Cunningham's are just the places he would go for, since they are far the largest about here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Look, for example, at the queer lot of things which he took from Acton's--what was it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was accompanied by a little elderly gentleman, who was introduced to me as the Mr. Acton whose house had been the scene of the original burglary. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Of course this Acton business has put every one on their guard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Precisely so, said Mr. Acton. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Old Acton has some claim on half Cunningham's estate, and the lawyers have been at it with both hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We had no clue in the Acton affair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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