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billet

/ˈbɪlɪt/ verbo C2

En español: acuartelar

  1. To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order. (transitive)
  2. To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house. (intransitive)
  3. To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. (transitive)

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Evidently, as they had dragged the stone up they had thrust the chunks of wood into the chink, until at last, when the opening was large enough to crawl through, they would hold it open by a billet placed lengthwise, which might very well become indented at the lower end, since the whole weight of the stone would press it down on to the edge of this other slab.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 24 · B2
There you must stay, or you lose your billet.’
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 12 · B2
Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for an instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk the loss of it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 14 · B2

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