Vocabulary Word
Word: fetter
Definition: shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot
Definition: shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot
Sentences Containing 'fetter'
I removed from the Old Jewry to Fetter Lane, and from thence to Wapping, hoping to get business among the sailors; but it would not turn to account.
My eldest uncle John had left me an estate in land, near Epping, of about thirty pounds a-year; and I had a long lease of the Black Bull in Fetter-Lane, which yielded me as much more; so that I was not in any danger of leaving my family upon the parish.
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