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  • "Yes," laughed Harry, as he recalled Plunger's confusion when the paragraph was read aloud in the common room.

    The Hero of Garside School

  • The Coopers - Craft set comprises 15 items making 10 pieces, Washtub, Poseable Water Bucket, Tombstone Washboard, a Dolly (or Posser) a Soapy bubbles prop, a Butter Churn complete with Dasher (also known as a Plunger, Paddle or Stomper), Splash Cover and Drain Bung, and a Wine Cask and Trestle.

    News 2008

  • The one apartment suitable for two lone women to occupy had been secured the previous day by "Plunger" Trask, an Eastern young man who would bet that grass was not green.

    The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels

  • But he can't do it, for 'Plunger's' no sort of rhyme to 'hunger.'

    The Hero of Garside School

  • Plunger pots can be had, at a stiff price, at Liverpool and Starbucks stores in Guadalajara but are probably best ordered online from the U.S.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • Plunger pots can be had, at a stiff price, at Liverpool and Starbucks stores in Guadalajara but are probably best ordered online from the U.S.

    Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico 2009

  • Nothing wrong with that, but you better clear it first with Flush Limbaugh and Joe the Plunger.

    Obama: U.S. wants strong, peaceful Russia 2009

  • Between Chenny, Rush, and Joe the Plunger, the 3 sound like a huge flush of a toilet.

    CNN Poll: Americans overwhelming support moving US combat troops out of Iraqi cities 2009

  • Take Standard Plunger, a manufacturer of hydraulic elevators with an inauspicious name.

    Museum Is Uplifting Visit Aaron Rutkoff 2011

  • Take Standard Plunger, a manufacturer of hydraulic elevators with an inauspicious name.

    Museum Is Uplifting Visit Aaron Rutkoff 2011

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