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Search phrase: counter

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
As You Like It	AYL II.vii.63	What, for a counter, would I do, but good?	What, for a Counter, would I do, but good?
The Comedy of Errors	CE IV.ii.39	A hound that runs counter, and yet draws dryfoot well;	A hound that runs Counter, and yet draws drifoot well,
Hamlet	Ham IV.v.112	O, this is counter, you false Danish dogs!	Oh this is Counter you false Danish Dogges.
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 I.ii.89	hanged. You hunt counter. Hence! Avaunt!	hang'd: you Hunt-counter, hence: Auant.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.i.127	That it shall make a counter-reflect 'gainst	That it shall make a counter reflect gainst

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Glossary

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counter	imitation coin, something of no value
counter	[a term from hunting] taking an opposite path to the prey
counter	round piece of metal used for counting
counter	[contemptuous] coin, bit of change
counter-caster	[contemptuous] one who works things out with the help of counters, arithmetician
Counter-gate	[gate of the Counter] debtor's prisons in London
countermand	contradict, go counter to, oppose
counter-reflect	reflection back again
counter-seal	provide with an additional seal, countersign
opposition	counter-proposal, alternative proposition
shovel-board	wide coin used as a counter in the game of shovel-board
span-counter	game in which counters were thrown to fall within a hand-span of the opponent's

Thesaurus

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counter, go	countermand
counter-proposal	opposition
proposal, counter-	opposition

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London	...ter-gate mw iii iii 74 gate of the counter [compter] debtor&rsquo s prisons in lon...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)	...s ham iv v 12 [gertrude to all] this is counter you false danish dogs 1h6 iv i 63 [gl...

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