coffle
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2COFFLE + NOUN
day
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with
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noun
A line of people or animals fastened together, especially a chain of prisoners or slaves.
The people of the coffle spent the day in drying such articles as were wet, and in cleaning ten pairs of ornamented pistols with shea-butter.
I hear the wheeze of the slave-coffle, as the slaves march on, as the husky gangs pass on by twos and threes, fastened together with wrist-chains and ankle-chains,
verb
To fasten (a line of people or animals) together.
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3The people of the coffle spent the day in drying such articles as were wet, and in cleaning ten pairs of ornamented pistols with shea-butter.
WiktionaryI hear the wheeze of the slave-coffle, as the slaves march on, as the husky gangs pass on by twos and threes, fastened together with wrist-chains and ankle-chains,
WiktionaryIf the explorer could make Kamalia he might be able to hook up with a slave coffle heading for the coast.
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