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  • "That's what I call a han'some present," admired Uncle Larry in the same hearty voice Mary Rose usually heard from him.

    Mary Rose of Mifflin Frances R. Sterrett

  • Accompanying him is my other favorite icon, Hello Kitty in Korean han-bok dress.

    Korean Fertility + Hello Kitty = blog logo GreenFertility 2006

  • The han is a large stable, with a small house attached.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • A han is usually a ramshackle shanty that in England would not be thought fit for a cow of good family.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • "Which I call han'some treatment for Mr. Speed, an 'only wish we might retain it at the Centipede as a remembrance.

    Going Some Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • They continue to study, however, and are allowed to go into the palace, where they are examined in the presence of the Emperor, and those who pass are called han lin, or forest of pencils.

    Court Life In China 1909

  • They continue to study, however, and are allowed to go into the palace, where they are examined in the presence of the Emperor, and those who pass are called han lin, or forest of pencils.

    Court Life in China Isaac Taylor Headland 1900

  • It is divided into two classes of which the first is called A-han, that is,

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • [14] Southern readers will recognize this and "han'-roomance" as terms used by negroes in playing marbles, -- a favorite game on the plantations

    Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

  • [14] Southern readers will recognize this and "han'-roomance" as terms used by negroes in playing marbles, -- a favorite game on the plantations Sunday afternoons.

    Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

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