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ties

noun B1
  1. Low shoes fastened with lacings. (dated)
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One awful day they were ties and their names were written up together.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 130 · C1
“Anne, you’ve passed,” she cried, “passed the _very first_--you and Gilbert both--you’re ties--but your name is first.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 273 · C1
Many ties and memories united us.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 6 · B2
It is hoped that no ties of friendship or humane consideration will induce you to conceal the truth.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 711 · C1

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