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Search phrase: parchment

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.13If the skin were parchment and the blows you gave were ink,If yr skin were parchment, & ye blows you gaue were ink, 
HamletHam V.i.112Is not parchment made of sheepskins?Is not Parchment made of Sheep-skinnes?
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.ii.75made parchment? That parchment, being scribbledmade Parchment; that Parchment being scribeld
Julius CaesarJC III.ii.129But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar;But heere's a Parchment, with the Seale of Casar,
King Edward IIIE3 II.ii.49Go, break the thund'ring parchment-bottom out,Go breake the thundring parchment bottome out,
King JohnKJ V.vii.33Upon a parchment, and against this fireVpon a Parchment, and against this fire
Richard IIR2 II.i.64With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds.With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds.
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.360Nor brass, nor stone, nor parchment bears not one,Nor Brasse, nor Stone, nor Parchment beares not one,

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parchment-bottom[descriptive of a] drum

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PARCHMENTBASICparchment n
PARCHMENTOBJECTparchment-bottom n

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