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Examples
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Before the gates lie asleep two 'Sylvans' -- i.e. men of the woods.
The History of London Walter Besant 1868
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The gleaning of candid interludes from the lives of the Sylvans, who settle in a neighborhood lined with newly planted sycamores -- a supposed idyll where the "girls are all Sandra Dees/In their flats and capris" -- owes a debt to the pioneering PBS documentary, "An American Family."
'Sycamore Trees' is a compelling but incomplete dramatic musical 2010
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We've got our share of Barrys, Garys and Lees but we have one or two Lilians, Hasneys, Akoss and Sylvans too lest we be thought too provincial
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We've got our share of Barrys, Garys and Lees but we have one or two Lilians, Hasneys, Akoss and Sylvans too lest we be thought too provincial
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-"Hand-painted MKS Sylvans with hemp double straps not included."
BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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We've got our share of Barrys, Garys and Lees but we have one or two Lilians, Hasneys, Akoss and Sylvans too lest we be thought too provincial
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-"Hand-painted MKS Sylvans with hemp double straps not included."
Archive 2009-02-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009
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"And I thought you were mad to say something like that-that is, until we met the Sylvans."
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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While they were unsaddling, one of the Sylvans, its mask-like face actually creased with a faint frown, approached them with a hint of aggression in its posture.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Surrounded by horrified Sylvans, it limped off into the darkness.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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