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guerdon

[gur-dn] / ˈgɜr dn /




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To snag the top guerdon at a fake National Spelling Bee, Guy relies on his photographic memory and a certain prospicience about the vulnerabilities of spelling prodigies.

From Time Mar. 13, 2014

When "Stunner" Harding was elected President, he returned the guerdon of friendship, taking "Chain Ganger" Crissinger down to Washington to be Comptroller of the Currency.

From Time Magazine Archive

The guerdon of the struggle remained the same; but, by the beginning of the last scene, most of its contenders and nearly all of their weapons had been altered.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well may you greet me, lady; my newsman's guerdon give; You and your woes are parted—henceforth with pleasure live.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

They cannot understand how others will strive and struggle for years, will stake life itself to secure that precious guerdon.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)




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