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  • As we approached the Cantonment, I discharged my unloaded barrel at a bird like a thrush in appearance, called a Wattle-bird, from having two little wattles which project from either side of its head.

    The Bushman — Life in a New Country Edward Wilson Landor 1844

  • Wattle fluff, Lucy thought as she watched motes of dust in the shaft of light streaming into her kitchen.

    Coppet, Switzerland — April 2000 Sylvia Petter 2012

  • Vocabulary word for our trolls: Wattle tony and lido

    Think Progress » Norquist says Haley Barbour ‘is not completely fluent in English.’ 2010

  • Because there are different pigs for different purposes, a number of distinct breeds—Berkshire, Duroc, Gloucestershire Old Spot, Large Black, Tamworth, or Red Wattle—were raised and traded.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • Wattle trees and mesquite can sink their roots deeper into the soil than indigenous trees, sucking out massive volumes of water and out-competing indigenous plants for nourishment.

    Invasive alien species in Africa 2007

  • Is he now through the extraordinarily thin Tory conceits and down to their out of the Ark dodgy Wattle and Daub technology?

    Archive 2007-01-28 2007

  • After tossing various ideas back and forth I settled for an indigenous ingredient in the form of Wattle seed.

    Weekend Cookbook Challenge #9 Haalo 2006

  • After tossing various ideas back and forth I settled for an indigenous ingredient in the form of Wattle seed.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Haalo 2006

  • These are roasted and ground Wattle seeds available from a company called Oz Tukka.

    Weekend Cookbook Challenge #9 Haalo 2006

  • These are roasted and ground Wattle seeds available from a company called Oz Tukka.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Haalo 2006

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