Duelling
['duəlɪŋ]
Examples
- Meanwhile, Mr Venus, who had left the duelling frogs to fight it out in his absence by candlelight for the public delectation, put the shutters up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The duelling pistol, with its long barrel, its hair trigger and inlaid stock, and the derringer, with its short barrel of large bore, were the popular forms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I believe duelling is one of his Majesty's most undoubted prerogatives, Mr. Jinks? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I place my opposition to duelling on higher grounds than here stated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is astonishing that the murderous practice of duelling, which you so justly condemn, should continue so long in vogue. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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