dene

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He had promised to school me in how to beat the barbershops’ three- and four-dollar price by making up congo- lene, and then conking ourselves.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Bryng us in no mutton, for that is often lene, Nor bryng us in no trypys, for thei be syldom dene But bryng us in good ale.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Han now thus sone Grekes maad yow lene?

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

This difference, which has yet to be properly elucidated, is expressed by a particular term; and p is called lene, f is called aspirate.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The same thing Horace in many Places, and particularly testifies in these Verses:       Ad mare cum veni, generosum et lene requiro,       Quod curas abigat, quod cum spe divite manet.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius