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swain

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All five remain free on bail, at least until U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain sentences them in late July.

Meanwhile, in Texas two days after the election, Mario Swain became the 13th person executed in the state this year.

After two hearings in New York last week that were at times comic, Judge Swain fashioned a compromise.

He turned to the foot-swain who stood at his side: “ Fetch hither five horse-whips,” King Valdemar cried.

The more costly the musical ingredients, the greater the swain's devotion!

Half-past eight oclock was the time appointed by Mary to see her swain, and the constables took care to be as punctual as he.

Before the House Mr. Swain spoke only under extraordinary emotion, and then he gained every ear.

Mr. Swain had bought the dwelling from an aged man with a history, dead some nine years back.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to swain, such as: admirer, beloved, cavalier, escort, flame, and honey.

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

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