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Word: sheaf

Definition: bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together


Sentences Containing 'sheaf'

But the placing of the cap-sheaf to all this blundering business was reserved for the scientific Frederick Cuvier, brother to the famous Baron.

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