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ledge

/lɛd͡ʒ/ noun C2
  1. A provincial or territorial legislature building. (slang)
  2. A provincial or territorial legislative assembly. (slang)

Plural ledges

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But it is a stone ledge, and one could hardly expect them.”
The Valley of Fear, p. 37 · C1
Then he examined the stone ledge and the grass border beyond it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 39 · C1
It was not four feet from the window-ledge to the roof of the carriages.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 31 · B2
They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fantastic knots and curves, and licking his lips as he thought of his dinner to come.
The Jungle Book, p. 42 · B2

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