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Usage examples for spur

1. He caught sight of the long black military boot and silver spur, and half- recognized the up- and- down movement of the crossed leg long before he reached the tent. – Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy

2. Necessity will in future more and more spur them on; for the ground, cleared of wood, must be cultivated, or the farm loses its value; there is no waiting for food till another generation of pines be grown to maturity. – Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft

3. For answer the girl drove her spur into her mount's side. – The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs