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Billet

A small paper; a note; a short letter.

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Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Housing 76% connected

of House

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lodge 76% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lodging 76% connected

of Lodge

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excuse 76% connected

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cantonment 74% connected

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cantonment 74% connected

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quarter 74% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quarter 74% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Canton 92% connected

A song or canto

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Line 92% connected

Flax; linen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Note 92% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quarter 92% connected

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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