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I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,
The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool,
With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news.

      — King John, Act IV Scene 2

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KEYWORD: leather

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Henry VI, Part II
[IV, 2]

John Holland

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The nobility think scorn to go in leather aprons.

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