spile
Example Sentences
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My mockingjay pin now lives with Cinna’s outfit, but there’s the gold locket and the silver parachute with the spile and Peeta’s pearl.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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She opens the silver parachute and pulls out the spile and slips it onto her pinkie.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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I cut the vine that ties the spile to my belt and hold the metal tube out to him.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Finnick and I stand with our weapons poised while he works the spile in, but no threat appears.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Peeta’s found a good vein and the water begins to gush from the spile.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.