blood and treasure

noun

Definitions

  1. Soldiers and money used for wars.

    • to spend blood and treasure
    • Since that his Royal person went / from us beyond the Seas, / Much blood and treasure have been spent / but nere obtained peace:
    • First he will, and then he won't, and nothing less than the irresistible pressure of a friendly and stronger purpose will constrain him to take the road which has been opened for him at such a cost of blood and treasure.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blood and treasure. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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