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a horse apiece

phrase

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  1. Synonym of six of one, half a dozen of the other

    • The Maior promiſed Sir John Horner and myſelf a horſe apiece, when we went to London to the parliament, which we accepted of; and we talked about the ſynod and eccleſiaſtical diſmiſſions.
    • "Surely Marleon is rich enough to keep them a horse apiece."
    • Spalding was furious. Feeling that his vision of launching a great cattle industry among the Nez Perces had been betrayed, he sentenced each Indian to a whipping and fined them a horse apiece, to be delivered to the mission.

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