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Meanings of spurs in English

Russian
tottenham hotspur football club
Portuguese
tottenham hotspur football club
Catalan
tottenham hotspur football club
Spanish
tottenham hotspur football club
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Association football club in Tottenham, England.

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tottenham hotspur football club
Usage of spurs in English
1
Savings spurs growth in the economy by providing funding for fixed investment.
The South African
2
Others argued that tackling the insurgency with violence only spurs it on.
Reuters
3
The latter is the highest of all the spurs of the valley.
A Volunteer Poilu
4
In doing this, the spurs accidentally came in contact with his sides.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
5
But this time Tad pressed in the spurs on the right side.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
6
Merton tried once more, stumbling as the spurs caught in the undergrowth.
Merton of the Movies
7
The sunset caught the flashing of swordblades behind the spurs and ridges.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
8
The sentinel struck spurs to his horse, and disappeared in the forest.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
9
Rapid footsteps with an accompaniment of clinking spurs sounded in the hallway.
The Light of the Western Stars
10
Emperor of all the metal molecules and king of the thorium spurs.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
11
He thought he could hear their spurs rattling in the dark passages.
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
12
The shuffling of feet ceased, the clanking of spurs, and the shouting.
The Light of the Western Stars
13
Jimi Hendrix Sci-fi spurs inventors and artists to new heights of creativity.
Wired
14
The spurs of birds present further difficulties to the theory of evolution.
Evolution: An Investigation and a Critique
15
She put the spurs to Buster and was gone into the starlight.
Judith of the Godless Valley
16
We will win our spurs fighting at the side of the Prince.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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