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set by

To save or put aside

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Poetry examples for “set by”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

And a fine piece of jowl that I swiped and took
From a dish set by, by the git-away cook.
I hope yo'll enjoy 'em, sah, yas I do."

Well, there's the brazier set by the temple door:
Blue flames run over the coals and flicker through.