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tender

/ˈtɛn.dɚ/ noun C2
  1. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. (countable, uncountable)

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And then Joe, with the air of a Monte Cristo, drew forth a ten, a five, a two and a one—all legal tender notes—and laid them beside Delia’s earnings.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 5 · C1
Marilla felt a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne over to her tender mercies.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 56 · C1
Darcy without being grieved to the soul by a thousand tender recollections.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 88 · B2
The possibility of his having really endured such unkindness was enough to interest all her tender feelings; and nothing therefore remained to be done but to think well of them both, to defend the conduct of each, and throw into the account of accident or mistake whatever could not be otherwise explained.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 95 · B2

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