braces

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Your braces are always breaking I'm very sorry, Bob, old chap What's the good of being sorry now?"

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  • Your voice will crack up there - your face full of braces, your arms longer than they should be, and a pimple in the center of your nose. —  Articles
  • Weather main-braces, the rest o' you! —  "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
  • Your braces are always breaking I'm very sorry, Bob, old chap What's the good of being sorry now?" —  Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore
  • Man the main-braces, and fill the topsail At this juncture Sibylla, who had not heard the first part of the skipper's speech, stepped up to Captain Blyth, ashy pale, and gasped What are you going to do, captain? —  The Missing Merchantman
  • At the same instant the first lieutenant called out to man the main-braces, and to fill the top-sail. —  The Two Admirals
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