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- When they had paid their tribute of politeness by curtsying to the lady of the house, they were permitted to mingle in the crowd, and take their share of the heat and inconvenience, to which their arrival must necessarily add.
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as in: a tribute to the great actor Define
praise or something done to express admiration or respect
as in: demanded they pay tribute
Define
payment by one nation for protection by another;
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
or: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
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