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Examples
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And with the heel of his open hand he struck the man forcibly upon the chest, so that he reeled back, tripped over the hapchance foot of an innocent by-stander, and went sprawling and blaspheming upon his back.
The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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A hapchance native whom he presently encountered, furnished minute directions for reaching the Dockyard Station of the Southeastern and
The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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As it happened, the thing worked with disconcerting abruptness as his untrained fingers fell hapchance on the spring.
The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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He was close upon the farther end when -- upon a hapchance impulse -- he glanced over the nearest guard-rail, down at the bed of the creek.
The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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