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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British, idiomatic, slang, obsolete) The pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison..
[W]as not this fellovv's preaching a cauſe of all the trouble in Iſrael? VVas he not vvorthy to be caſt into bocardo or little eaſe?
Use little-ease when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Little-ease means (British, idiomatic, slang, obsolete) The pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison..
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[W]as not this fellovv's preaching a cauſe of all the trouble in Iſrael? VVas he not vvorthy to be caſt into bocardo or little eaſe?
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