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Somebody once made the observation to me that it should be pronounced “feet-a” because it smells like feet.

Herbed Feta and Tahini Dip 2009

Around the perimeter of the firing point, an earthen bank slopes upward for about 20 feet-a berm to de-fleet shock waves safely skyward.

Russia's Nuclear Secrets 2008

Because with its fate on its own feet-a tie against winless Poland was all the Yanks needed-the American team got routed 3-1 in a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated.

Mission Accomplished, But ... 2007

She saw Stan's face awaken with wonder, with hope, with incredulous disbelief and gleeful awe, saw him jump to his feet-a skinny kid with big ears and thick glasses, somebody that nobody would ever look at twice'staring at the elf-lord in amazement.

Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001

He could feel it in his feet-a faint vibration, as if some large piece of machinery was running in the earth.

The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

With some difficulty he reached-at a height of about 120 feet-a fork in the tree big enough to offer a safe place for all of them in its hollow.

The Venus Trap Mahr, Kurt 1972

Five thousand, two hundred, and eighty feet-a meaningless figure.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

Tiny face, tiny hands, tiny feet-a contrast to her spiritual magnitude!

Autobiography of a Yogi Yogananda, Paramhansa, 1893-1952 1935

Some of them have cauliflower ears and some of them have hair lips and some of them flat feet-a few here and there.

Conditions in Britain and Europe 1928

Tiny face, tiny hands, tiny feet-a contrast to her spiritual magnitude!

Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922