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  • Tonsil hockey, as used at Farrar, Straus & Giroux to mean “deep kissing,” is at least a decade old, having replaced tonsil boxing.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Tonsil hockey, as used at Farrar, Straus & Giroux to mean “deep kissing,” is at least a decade old, having replaced tonsil boxing.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • I had just hung up with Deep Tonsil when Harry Jack came up.

    Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003

  • I had just hung up with Deep Tonsil when Harry Jack came up.

    Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003

  • Tonsil removal, childhood obesity link CHILDREN who have their tonsils removed are more likely to become obese, US researchers claimed today.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Tonsil removal, childhood obesity link CHILDREN who have their tonsils removed are more likely to become obese, US researchers claimed today.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • A young boy with his mother right before receiving a tonsillectomy An illustration of the removal of tonsils Tonsil removal has no major benefits over watchful waiting in children with throat infections or enlarged tonsils and adenoids.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] TSpeck11 2010

  • {{·}} [[Tonsil | Tonsils]] {{·}} [[Vertebral column]]

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

  • This is also a problem that dogs "Tonsil Trouble": the idea of Cartman getting AIDS and then giving it to Kyle, just to make the point that AIDS doesn't receive as much attention as cancer now-a-days, is in poor taste, even by

    Toon Zone News 2009

  • Tonsil and it's not about throats, but a build-up for his great new book, due out in November, "Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present."

    nancynall.com 2009

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