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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The stickleback.

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Examples

  • October 15, 186 --- brite and fair. wenesday and so no school this afternoon. as it is warm the fish bit prety well and i went down to my boat and cougt ten shiners and a lot of minnis. it is prety lait for them. then i fed Hork and Spitt and you had augt to have see them eat. i dont know what i shall do when the fish stop biting. rats is scarce and i cant aford chickings. this afternoon after i had come back from fishing we had a meating of the Terible 3. we met at

    Brite and Fair Worth Brehm 1899

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