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Examples
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It is fortunate that wind and wave are mild, else would the iron-work carry away and the mutineers find the huge thing of steel about their ears.
CHAPTER XLIII 2010
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No man could show himself for'ard without having a bullet whop against the iron-work perilously near him.
CHAPTER XLVII 2010
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Needless to say all the resulting mhc's, gullies, grilles, vents, hydrants, valve blocks, pipe unions, flushing heads and associated iron-work are proud to shout about their roots.
Underfoot 3 Peter Ashley 2008
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Tavistock, of course, is the happy beneficiary of these great "systems" and I love the bespoke iron-work liberally distributed around the streets covering inspection chambers, cisterns, sewers, and valve housings like auctioneers 'lot numbers laying claim to sundry articles and re-assuring us with a sense of order laid out by the arristocracy for our benefit and loyalty.
Water Marks Peter Ashley 2008
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Thus the window frames, the iron-work, the doors, shutters, and wooden fittings were all derived from sanctioned pilfering, presents from his customers, and good ones, carefully chosen.
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See! look at that lovely coffer of ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and edged with that iron-work as fine as lace.
Modeste Mignon 2007
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La Grande Breteche, with its rank grasses, its shuttered windows, its rusty iron-work, its locked doors, its deserted rooms, suddenly rose before me in fantastic vividness.
La Grand Breteche 2007
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You will soon see whether your paltry iron-work contrivances will work like these solid old tools, tried and trusty.
Two Poets 2007
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You will soon see whether your paltry iron-work contrivances will work like these solid old tools, tried and trusty.
Two Poets 2007
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La Grande Breteche, with its rank grasses, its shuttered windows, its rusty iron-work, its locked doors, its deserted rooms, suddenly rose before me in fantastic vividness.
La Grand Breteche 2007
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