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Examples
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It was a stout rap Mr. Pike had administered with the boat-stretcher.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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He removed the boat-stretcher from under the Maltese Cockney's feet and laid it close to hand in the stern-sheets.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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Timed precisely, and delivered in a flash and with weight, the boat-stretcher came down on the Greek's head.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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I noticed Mr. Pike look at him quickly, as if apprehending some recrudescence of frenzy that would require more boat-stretcher.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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It chanced I was holding a boat-stretcher in my hand -- to catch what little dew might fall upon it.
CHAPTER X 2010
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A sailor ran forward with a boat-stretcher and wanted to hit the bird; but Russ and
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's Laura Lee Hope
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It chanced I was holding a boat-stretcher in my hand -- to catch what little dew might fall upon it.
Chapter 10 1917
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Jeremy Nalor, and were in the act of throwing him overboard, while the mate was occupied with rapping the fingers along the gunwale with a boat-stretcher.
Chapter 19 1915
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Timed precisely, and delivered in a flash and with weight, the boat-stretcher came down on the Greek's head.
Chapter 18 1914
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It was a stout rap Mr. Pike had administered with the boat-stretcher.
Chapter 18 1914
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