uncrown
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Most of the representative city sheets, irrespective of political leanings, had for years been flaying the fifth ward king, seeking to uncrown him.
From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman
He, more incens'd against your majesty Than all the rest, discharg'd me with these words: 'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him ere 't be long.'
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
I’ll be hanged if I uncrown such a noble monarch in that pot fashion!”
From Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America by Edward Sylvester Ellis
And now is cleans'd enough the flood, Which since runs cleare as doth thy blood; Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hair, And mantle thee with ermin air.
From The Lucasta Poems by Richard Lovelace
He, more incens'd against your Majesty Than all the rest, discharg'd me with these words: 'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong; And therefore I'll uncrown him ere't be long.'
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
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