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spur

/spɝ/ noun C2
  1. A tern.

Plural spurs

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So he sang a very mournful song that he made up on the spur of the minute, and just as he got to the most touching part, the grass quivered again, and Rikki-tikki, covered with dirt, dragged himself out of the hole leg by leg, licking his whiskers.
The Jungle Book, p. 83 · B2
It is such a spur to one’s genius, such an opening for wit, to have a dislike of that kind.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 254 · B2
A steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay in front of us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 67 · C1

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