alarum
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Thus was the alarum sounded for more spit, less polish.
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When four days passed without sign of the boat Mrs. Minevitch set up an alarum.
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Disturbed by the man’s alarum, we looked up from our labor and found a detachment of Redcoats running in formation for the gates.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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And he set his seven-and-six-penny alarum at four o'clock.
From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Syn. supra brunnea plumis in medio fusco lat� striatis, tectricibus alarum superioribus rufo tinctis subtus pallid� cinerea; rectricibus lateralibus ad marginem externum, fasci�que alarum, rufis.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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