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ally

a plant, animal, substance, etc., closely related to another in characteristics or form

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Jimmie's ally gibbered at times like a wounded maniac.

You would depart, of course, in the same fashion, and your ally would draw up the rope, untie it from the hook, shut the window, snib it on the inside, and get away in the way that he originally came.

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That Tardos Mors," he said, earnestly, "may meet the greatest living warrior of Barsoom is a priceless honor, but that he may lay his hand on the shoulder of a friend and ally is a far greater boon.

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