tender
/ˈtɛn.dɚ/ noun C2- A specialized rail wagon hauled behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
- A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships. · submarine tender· destroyer tender
- A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
- A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
- Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
Plural tenders
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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.
Marilla felt a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne over to her tender mercies.
Darcy without being grieved to the soul by a thousand tender recollections.
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.
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