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Search phrase: pelting

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King LearKL II.iii.18Poor pelting villages, sheepcotes, and millsPoore pelting Villages, Sheeps-Coates, and Milles,
King LearKL III.iv.29That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,That bide the pelting of this pittilesse storme,
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.112For every pelting, petty officerFor euery pelting petty Officer
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.91Have every pelting river made so proudHath euerie petty Riuer made so proud,
Richard IIR2 II.i.60Like to a tenement or pelting farm.Like to a Tenement or pelting Farme.
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.267We have had pelting wars since you refusedWe haue had pelting Warres since you refus'd
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.322Thou bringest such pelting scurvy news continuallyThou bringst such pelting scuruy news continually

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peltingpaltry, petty, worthless, insignificant

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