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There was but little clothing to be obtained in Chattanooga, and my command received only a few overcoats and a small supply of India-rubber ponchos.
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Before starting into the desert, Newhouse soaked the jacket with water, which he replenished at regular intervals from an India-rubber sack connected to a tube leading to the top of the hood.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Before starting into the desert, Newhouse soaked the jacket with water, which he replenished at regular intervals from an India-rubber sack connected to a tube leading to the top of the hood.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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While the nineteenth century saw many innovations in false legs, upper-body prostheses never went much further than lifelike hands made of India-rubber (an improvement over wood), and specialized variations that replaced the classic hook with forks, saws, and other tools.
Lapham's Quarterly: A Call to Arms (and Legs) in the Civil War and in the Iraq War 2009
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India-rubber are always joined at the side with a solution especially prepared for the purpose.
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Grenelle and Lilas the India-rubber article; and of the three or four makers M. Deschamps is best known.
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For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
Poetry Friday 2006
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For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball
Quit - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The Cuirassier wondered whether theywere not “bringing out an India-rubber doll to be hanged.”
FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007
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