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    Election Central Sunday Roundup 2009

  • Still, having declared my hate for Moonraker, to dan coyle...

    Lame Bond & Lame Dave David Campbell 2006

  • Sir (quoth she) what a coyle is here about a paltry glasse of Water, which perhaps hath bene spilt, yet neyther of us faulty therein?

    The Decameron 2004

  • And shall we here keepe such a coyle for land, and at such great rents and rates, when there is so much of the world uninhabited, and as much more in other places, and as good or rather better than any wee possesse, were it manured and used accordingly?

    Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896

  • "A great coyle there was to set him forward," says Smith.

    Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • "A great coyle there was to set him forward," says Smith.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • But he tells me that there was a cruel articling against Pen after one fight, for cowardice, in putting himself within a coyle of cables, of which he had much ado to acquit himself: and by great friends did it, not without remains of guilt, but that his brethren had a mind to pass it by, and

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • But he tells me that there was a cruel articling against Pen after one fight, for cowardice, in putting himself within a coyle of cables, of which he had much ado to acquit himself: and by great friends did it, not without remains of guilt, but that his brethren had a mind to pass it by, and

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • I so want Georgia in ticking off coyle on the board (should the idiot be re-elected) "Numerous businesses are represented, including Kraft Construction and Barron Collier."

    Naples Daily News Stories 2010

  • I so want Georgia in ticking off coyle on the board (should the idiot be re-elected) "Numerous businesses are represented, including Kraft Construction and Barron Collier."

    Naples Daily News Stories 2010

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