couns'l

Updated: January 13, 2026

Between them they succeeded in securing Mariano, and, with a handkerchief tied his hands behind him. "Now then, young feller," said Flaggan, taking the youth by the arm, "you'll have to go before the British couns'l an' give an account of yerself. So come along."

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale