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  • "He ran into the back of the milk-cart during the holidays, and buckled the front wheel and the forks."

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • He has learned already, from running into the milk-cart.

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • It might well be that no further punishment or persecution was required, that the collision with the milk-cart was its own lesson.

    In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

  • The only modern touches (and therefore, perhaps, the less picturesque features of the place) were at the southern end of the village where the milk-cart had set me down the school and the church hall, with the raw brick wall of the cemetery alongside.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • The only modern touches (and therefore, perhaps, the less picturesque features of the place) were at the southern end of the village where the milk-cart had set me down the school and the church hall, with the raw brick wall of the cemetery alongside.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • I locked it, pocketed the key, then delivered the biscuit to Rosy, who took it with velvet lips, tossed her head, and was away with the milk-cart almost before I could jump aboard.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • On which robust note I turned over and went to sleep, and woke to the sound of the milk-cart and the creak of the garden gate.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • I locked it, pocketed the key, then delivered the biscuit to Rosy, who took it with velvet lips, tossed her head, and was away with the milk-cart almost before I could jump aboard.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • On which robust note I turned over and went to sleep, and woke to the sound of the milk-cart and the creak of the garden gate.

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • Then they heard the rattling of the milk-cart down the lane and Jack grinned at the others.

    The Secret of Spiggy Holes Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1965

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