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"Crumps" were bursting round about the communication trench, but at a distance, judging by their report, of at least fifty yards.
Attack An Infantry Subaltern's Impression of July 1st, 1916 John Masefield 1929
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Crumps, back to my professional development report...
Annals of the Second Great Depression: Looking On The Bright Side Tenured Radical 2009
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But well-known or not, all of these artists -- the Sudings, Herschensons, Zwickers, Crumps and Tamargos -- played a part in getting the likes of Lady and the Tramp, Huckleberry Hound and Gerald McBoing-Boing onto various-size screens and into the heads of generations of 'toon watchers.
Allen Wade, by John Sparey Steve Hulett 2006
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But well-known or not, all of these artists -- the Sudings, Herschensons, Zwickers, Crumps and Tamargos -- played a part in getting the likes of Lady and the Tramp, Huckleberry Hound and Gerald McBoing-Boing onto various-size screens and into the heads of generations of 'toon watchers.
Archive 2006-11-01 Steve Hulett 2006
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Mr. Keys had the support of such well-known families as the Crumps, the Capertons, the Gees, the
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"Oil cans" and "Minnewerfer" bombs came hurtling through the air, "Crumps" burst with great clouds of black smoke, bits of "Whizz-bangs" went buzzing past and buried themselves deep in the ground.
Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Vernon Bartlett 1938
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Crumps come whistling and heaving up great clouds of heavy blackness.
Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front Keith Henderson 1932
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Crumps were bursting heavily again amid our gun positions.
Now It Can Be Told Philip Gibbs 1919
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Well, after attending Colonel Crumps 'school for three years, when he closed for the summer vacation I bid farewell to his excellent tutorship.
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Crumps the cowkeeper's, too, stood some distance back, but that was handy, for there was room for the cowshed and the dairy close to the path.
The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870
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