See mettlesome on Wiktionary
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"word": "mettlesomely"
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"ref": "1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 6, in Uncle Tom's Cabin:",
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"sense": "of great mettle",
"word": "lujahermoinen"
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"sense": "of great mettle",
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"sense": "of great mettle",
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"sense": "of great mettle",
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"sense": "of great mettle",
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"sense": "of great mettle",
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"sense": "of great mettle",
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"word": "mettlesome"
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