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  • The faint back-draught from the headsails fanned his cheek and chest with

    THE DEVILS OF FUATINO 2010

  • I, in the mean-time, received the back-draught of his passage — the grandfather who stepped out into the street the better to see the blur that had just sped past him, the laden bicyclist who teetered, nearly fell, and then caught his balance by veering into my path — so that I was forced to slow and dodge.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • I, in the mean-time, received the back-draught of his passage — the grandfather who stepped out into the street the better to see the blur that had just sped past him, the laden bicyclist who teetered, nearly fell, and then caught his balance by veering into my path — so that I was forced to slow and dodge.

    Locked Rooms King, Laurie R. 2005

  • The back-draught of it sucked open the door, and, borne upon its wings, the roaring, full-chorused burst of a popular barrack-room chantey floated up the stairs from the canteen below --

    The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

  • Some said, afterwards, that the door was not properly secured, others spoke of a "back-draught," others suspected that the fire was over-fed.

    The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Various

  • The northerly wind drove up a back-draught of snow, and very soon fogged us completely.

    The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922

  • The faint back-draught from the headsails fanned his cheek and chest with

    The Devils of Fuatino 1912

  • She was caught in a back-draught, or something of the sort.

    The Poisoned Pen 1908

  • A smaller one curved on the back-draught and splashed in over her gunwale as she took ground.

    Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • The faint back-draught from the headsails fanned his cheek and chest with a wine of coolness, and he was in an ecstasy of appreciation of the schooner's qualities.

    A Son Of The Sun Jack London 1896

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