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 Acre.Acre-shot. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
A’cre-fight.
 
A duel in the open field. The combats of the Scotch and English Borderers were so called.   1
 


 Acre.Acre-shot. 

 
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