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Examples
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Cameron obviously read Starship Troupers but at least he did it justice.
» New ‘Starship Troopers’ movie, more fascism, same old nausea heinleinblog 2008
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Two Mime Troupers delivered the cooked food to the park; Grogan concentrated on procurement. 42
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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"Considering that the State Troupers were all rednecks," Ed remarked, "They did very well keeping the peace."
Ethel Grodzins Romm: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'N Roll in Redneck Country 2009
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Troupers have no ready answers for why they troup.
City of Baraboo Longyear, Barry 1980
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Like all old Troupers, Don has always been delightfully shameless to use a familiar chestnut when (in the words of Mehitabel in one of her best pieces) He Doesn't Feel it Here (putting paw on bosom).
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In fact, all the travelling Troupers who had worked for K. and E. referred to it as a Lime, which is the same as a Lemon, only smaller.
Ade's Fables George Ade 1905
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In fact, all the travelling Troupers who had worked for K. and E. referred to it as a Lime, which is the same as a Lemon, only smaller.
Ade's Fables George Ade 1905
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These two Troupers began their Professional Career with a Road Circus, working on Canvas in the Morning, and then doing a Refined Knockabout in the Grand Concert or Afterpiece taking place in the Main Arena immediately after the big Show is over.
Fables in Slang George Ade 1905
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One of the first things we learn at College is to kid the Troupers.
People You Know George Ade 1905
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JAN MOIR: Screeching, Spandex and the very Super Troupers ... a real Abba sing-a-long 26/01/10
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