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Search phrase: stander

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CymbelineCym II.i.12any standers-by to curtail his oaths. Ha?any standers by to curtall his oathes. Ha?
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.162That all the standers-by had wet their cheeksThat all the standers by had wet their cheekes
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.209Rivers and Dorset, you were standers-by,Riuers and Dorset, you were standers by,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.84Which when they fall, as being slippery standers,Which when they fall, as being slippery standers;
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.190That I have said unto my standers-by:That I haue said vnto my standers by,
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.279I would not be a stander-by to hearI would not be a stander-by, to heare

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Glossary

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standersupporter, sustainer, prop
stander-bybystander, onlooker, spectator

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bystanderstander-by

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
STANDPEOPLEstander n, stander-by n

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