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Surety

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One who takes the place of another, a substitute, a hostage.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Suo Marte (Latin)
Super, Supers
Supercilious
Supernaculum
Superstition
Supped all his Porridge (He has)
Supper of Trimalchio (A)
Supplication
Sure as Demoivre
“Surest Way to Peace is a constant Preparation for War.”
Surety
Surfeit Water
Surgeon
Surloin of Beef
Surlyboy
Surname
Surplice
Surrey
Surt or Surtur
Susan (St.)
Sussex