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fetter

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Example Sentences

I wonder how it comes,” he asked, “that all these strangers are so quick afoot, and we must drag about our fetter?

He was a grave lad; he had no mind to dance himself; he wore his fetter manfully, and tended his ulcer without complaint.

He thought to leave the fetter where it lay, but when he turned to go, his mind was otherwise.

When politics possess the soul, they fetter it with contemptible pride, paltry ambitions.

Taking this fetter to the wolf, they bade him try his strength on it.

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On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fetter, such as: bind, chain, check, clog, confine, and cuff.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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