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Meanings of broken pate in English

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Usage of broken pate in English
1
If the king's man come not off with a broken pate, it will be a wonder.
A Boy's Ride
2
If he procures himself a broken pate he will be quieter for the rest of the day.
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
3
Thou who canst in play butt with a ram must soon find thyself with a broken pate.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
4
He eats gingerbread at a playhouse, and is so saucy that he ventures fairly for a broken pate at the banqueting-house, and hath it.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
5
Two men went down with broken pates, and a third with a shattered arm.
The White Road
6
But fair speeches wonnot heal broken pates; and a mouthfool of moonshine will send a man hungry to bed.
Anna St. Ives
7
"They can not get far," said the gendarme with the broken pate; "the two girls were struggling hard with him."
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
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