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  • It did not matter that this queer old eagle whom everybody called Cutty had promised to bring Stefani home.

    The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath 1901

  • There is also an ongoing subplot following the attempts of former Barksdale enforcer Dennis 'Cutty' Wise to go straight after spending fourteen years in prison.

    The Wire: Season 3 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • There is also an ongoing subplot following the attempts of former Barksdale enforcer Dennis 'Cutty' Wise to go straight after spending fourteen years in prison.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • Hey, they could almost have played that superb Tom Waits "Way Down in the Hole" theme song from The Wire in last night's episode #5 of Life on Mars, which had two Wire veterans on hand, Clarke Peters (Lt. Freamon on The Wire) and Chad Coleman ( "Cutty" on The Wire).

    Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress 2008

  • In "Cutty Sark" and "Landfill," the bond between adolescent son and mother reverberates with the force of an unspoken passion, bringing unexpected consequences for the son.

    Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary 2010

  • Unidentified Man (Actor): (As First Jive Dude) Cutty say 'e can't hang.

    Barbara Billingsley, TV's June Cleaver, Dies 2010

  • It's fitting that something that comes from wool should be used to restore the Cutty Sark.

    TV review: Cutty Sark: National Treasure 2012

  • A little now and then might make you stronger — see The Princess Bride for a field-guide to better living through micro-dosing on poison — but a lot at one time throws your metabolic processes out of whack and your body goes full-bore at trying to purge itself of the Cutty Sark you so thoughtfully shared with it.

    Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, Fact | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • So the Cutty Sark had to go further afield for cargo – Australia, in fact, to bring back wool.

    TV review: Cutty Sark: National Treasure 2012

  • One of its tourist attractions, the tea-clipper Cutty Sark – of which the Duke of Edinburgh is a patron – is due to reopen after years of restoration work delayed by a fire.

    Greenwich celebrates royal borough honour 2012

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