tales
/ˈteɪliːz/ noun B1- A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
- A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
- A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.
Plural tales
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The songs you sing, the tales you tell,
When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!
It was the jackal--Tabaqui, the Dish-licker--and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief, and telling tales, and eating rags and pieces of leather from the village rubbish-heaps.
There are tales I could tell that--”
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