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talesConcise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: tales /ˈteɪliːz/ ▶noun Law a writ for summoning substitute jurors when the original jury has become deficient in number. – origin from L. tales (de circumstantibus) ‘such (of the bystanders)’, the first words of the writ. 'tales' also found in these Oxford entries:
chanticleer
- chapbook
- elf
- Munchausen's syndrome
- talesman
- tattletale
- tell
- ugly duckling
- wizard
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