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spareable, a.|ˈspɛərəb(ə)l| [f. spare v.1] That can be spared, in various senses of the verb.
1688–9in Cobbett Parl. Hist. Eng. (1809) V. 173 You cannot doubt but the spareable part will be treasured up for the good of the subject. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 89 We intend shipping a cargo of our worst and most spareable puns on board the next whaler. 1887Blackmore Springhaven (ed. 4) III. xix. 270 His great desire..was never to destroy his enemies, by the number of one man spareable. |