Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
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Trammels
Synonyms for "trammels" (38 found)
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10 entriesarchimedes trammelfishing trammelsheavy trammelstrammel freedomtrammel inquirytrammel nettrammel progresstrammel researchtrammel the projecttrammels of tradition
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