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“They scratch the soil from beneath the flags, which then sink, and the consequent stench from the drains is abominable, jeopardising the health of the tenants.”
“And Mr. Obama's 2012 budget didn't offer many new ideas for tackling entitlement spending, among the biggest long-term drains on the federal budget.”
“Traditionally, drains from the house to the street were short sections of red clay pipes joined together.”
“An IC, to give it the usual note put on drawings of drains, is a small affair, you lift the lid, there is the pipe all nice and accessible for you to scoop the poop out of.”
“That will ensure that water drains from the roots.”
The staying power of oranges and lemons « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
“That is, water from this mountain drains in three possible directions -- west to the Pacific, east to the Atlantic and north to Hudson.”
“Likely because the pooling water (from user's hands) is rife with bacteria more than happy to cling onto the sides as the water slowly drains from the basin.”
“Suddenly, the color drains from the patient's face.”
“The most readily visible of these drains is not necessarily the most deadly.”
“In every scullery there should be a stone sink with a plate rack at one end, and under the plate rack should be a slanting dripboard with a kind of gutter at the base, to convey the water that drains from the plates and dishes to the waste pipe of the sink.”
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
taramea, tawings, tchicks, timider, tirades, tirings, towings, trailed, trailer, trained, trainee, trainer and 2373 more...
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Words of February
various words discussed in class with students
boundary, foible, flaw, gimmick, tossup, susceptible, skeptical, devise, encircle, whistle, barnstorming, correlative and 18 more...
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Tristram Shandy, Chapter 15
Some words following upon each other's succession in a legal contract in this book I've just started.
let, suit, trouble, disturbance, molestation, discharge, hindrance, forfeiture, eviction, vexation, interruption, incumbrance and 73 more...
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