Cross and Garter

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Cross noun - A test of faith, patience, or strength.

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Garter and cross are semantically related In some cases you can use "Garter" instead a noun "Cross".

Garter noun - A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve).

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Cross and garter are semantically related in medal of honor topic. You can use "Cross" instead a noun "Garter".

Nearby Words: gartering, gartered

In the old 1950's novel The Queens Cross by William Schoonover (a fictionai biography of Queen Isabella of Spain), a Castilian queen who is having an affair with a nobleman takes the garter off her own leg and slips it onto her lover's arm before he enters the list, causing a minor uproar.

Source: The Lady's Favour

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