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Meaning of sparable | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small headless nail used in making shoes (especially the heels).

Equivalents

Ελληνικά πρόκα

Examples

“[H]e was sometimes seen disputing with the cobbler, his opposite neighbour, about the charge of two-pence; and refusing to pay Crispin's demand, unless he put three or four more sparables in the heels of the shoes which he had mended twice before!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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