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  • Back around '87 and' 88 or so I was living in Finagle's Freehold.

    A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2007

  • "At Polytech we called it 'Finagle's Formula'," Belle commented.

    The Galaxy Primes 1927

  • Is Sal arguing that the efficiency of a framastat is inversely proportional to the Finagle factor squared?

    When ignorance applies scientific vacuity - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Their recruitment meetings take place not at bars but at the local Finagle a Bagel and Au Bon Pain.

    "Party hardy" or "party hearty"? Ann Althouse 2005

  • I dropped into boxer stance, thanking Finagle that he didn't know karate or ju-whatsis or any of the other illegal killing methods.

    Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

  • Finagle knew they didn't have much else to sell yet.

    Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

  • But every puppeteer in known space vanished overnight, heading for Finagle knows what other galaxy.

    Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

  • "Finagle take my luck!" said Louis Wu between his teeth.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • "Then Finagle take your whole breed!" he snarled and flung himself to the sand.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • In the names of Kdapt and Finagle and Allah I summon thee, God tanj it!

    The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980

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