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Meanings of spare of in English

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Usage of spare of in English
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The room was large and square, spare of furniture, lined with books.
The Mormon Prophet
2
He had had, he said, enough and to spare of Highland hospitality.
Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
3
The solitary places do not make men glib of tongue; rather, spare of words.
A Romany of the Snows, vol. 3 / Being a Continuation of the Pers...
4
He knew enough and to spare of life in lodgings.
The Whirlpool
5
She made no spare of Anne, but examined her untenderly, without speaking a kindly word.
Caleb's crossing
6
He has enough and to spare of will-power, but it is become degenerated into obstinacy.
Celibates
7
I have very little to spare of it just now, and must therefore take my leave.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
8
I have enough and to spare of them.
Oddsfish!
9
The flat was spare of furniture and had only one rag rug on the scarred floor.
Street magic
10
The Sherlock Holmes of fiction is a gaunt figure, with a hatchet face, spare of flesh.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 27, 1920
11
My father bought me jewels of every sort, and Abner did not spare of beautiful presents.
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
12
They are usually spare of build, with pale, sallow complexions, and dark rings under the eyes.
Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & ...
13
In the paper which opens this volume, I have written sufficiently and to spare of the woman-haters.
The Book of Delight and Other Papers
14
Each of them gave him his clothes, and covered themselves with what he could spare of his.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01
15
He was spare of frame, nearly six feet tall, and his mien and manner showed perfect fearlessness.
Deerfoot in The Mountains
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Then they fell to with good hearts, for there was enough and to spare of meat and drink.
The Roots of the Mountains / Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Liv...
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Spare of across language varieties
United Kingdom
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