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stale 1. (of beer, etc.) flat and tasteless from being kept open too long 2. Law (of a claim, etc.) having lost its effectiveness or force, as by failure to act or by the lapse of time How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If the news is not stale, and has not already appeared in the other papers, perhaps you will kindly relate what occurred, while I make notes of it. Especially it is a sport to see, when a bold fellow is out of countenance; for that puts his face into a most shrunken, and wooden posture; as needs it must; for in bashfulness, the spirits do a little go and come; but with bold men, upon like occasion, they stand at a stay; like a stale at chess, where it is no mate, but yet the game cannot stir. They all knew by experience that there were no stale dishes and no cheap wines at Mablethorpe House. |
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