"Never kick a sore toe against a stone wall," quoth Dick Prescott, and passed on into the school building.
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Quoth
//kwəʊθ//
Synonyms for "quoth"
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Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore! / Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
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“Pull, if ye never pull’d before; / Good ringers, pull your best,” quoth he.
Source: wiktionary
“Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow,” quoth Robin, “thou seemest happy this merry morn.” ¶ “Ay, that am I,” quoth the jolly Butcher, “and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?”
Source: wiktionary
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