“Morning and evening the Government chain gangs clanked and shuffled to and from the split-timber barracks where their hammocks were packed in so close together the convicts became part of each other’s dreams.”
From The Secret River by Kate Grenville.
Word of the Day
lenity discuss | |
| Definition: | (noun) Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant. |
| Synonyms: | lenience, mildness |
| Usage: | I promise to show all the lenity in my power; but if the charges brought against this Bonapartist hero prove correct, why, then, you really must give me leave to order his head to be cut off. |
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