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- :c. Wife of Bath, one of the pilgrims in [[Chaucer]]'s [[Canterbury Tales]]; used allusively (usu. attrib.), chiefly with reference to [[sexual]] app4 KB (616 words) - 20:27, 4 June 2010
- # Chaucer, Geoffrey (14th century). The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems. The Second Nun’s Tale.7 KB (1,067 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
- *ca. 1380 [[Chaucer]] writes the [[Canterbury tales]] in [[Middle English]]. the language shows French influence in thousands o14 KB (2,202 words) - 00:57, 13 December 2020
- ...s it the story flourishing as everyday entertainment in a broad variety of tales and jokes right into our own culture. It is - long and written in prose - a ...They rejoiced in a broad pattern of tastes and genres. ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' constitute a classic example, with their noble storytellers fond of "ro50 KB (8,118 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
- ...ameron|Decameron]]'' and [[Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'', have comparable forms and would classify as novels if written today. E35 KB (5,154 words) - 01:39, 13 December 2020
- :1887 KIPLING Plain Tales from Hills (1888) 99 You..dimonstrate to my frind here, where your frinds a ...me-steads, home-closes, and ancient inclosures. 1853 C. W. ADAMS Spring in Canterbury Settlement vii. 69 The home-station was situated at the mouth of the river61 KB (9,692 words) - 00:09, 13 December 2020