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stones

/stoʊnz/ noun A2
  1. Testicles; balls. (slang)
  2. Courage. (slang)
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The Farmer, on seeing this, charged his sling with stones, and killed a great number.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 11 · B2
SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 19 · B2
At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 65 · B2
For the sake of the nuts, the passers-by broke its branches with stones and sticks.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 67 · B2

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