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Friar Tuck

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Friar Tuck
fat friar, jovial companion of Robin Hood. [Br. Legend: Benét, 371]
See : Joviality


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"I am but a poor anchorite, a curtall friar," said the other, whistling to his pack, "by name Friar Tuck of Fountain's Dale.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
Well, say, Joe, you can be Friar Tuck or Much the miller's son, and lam me with a quarter-staff; or I'll be the Sheriff of Nottingham and you be Robin Hood a little while and kill me.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
I mean the meeting of the King with Friar Tuck at the cell of that buxom hermit.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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