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Examples
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She has issued underclothes all around from the slop-chest, and is ordering them to take a bath in the rain-water just caught.
CHAPTER XLIV 2010
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Mr. Katzman purchased the boat for $1 at the 79th Street Boat Basin, then moved it to Gowanus and developed solar-energy and rain-water projects on it.
Far Rockaway's Far-Out Art Scene Pia Catton 2011
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The garden has been around since 1998 when the neighborhood converted three abandoned trash-strewn lots to a garden that now has heirloom fruit trees, a herb garden with a rain-water harvesting system and a composting station for area residents.
Small Projects Get a Big Boost Melanie Grayce West 2011
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The one bedroom and one bathroom home uses photovoltaic and thermal systems, rain-water recycling and water-efficient fixtures and is surrounded by a green scenery.
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In his hand he carried a large galvanized pail, and my casual thought was that he had come to get rain-water from the barrels.
CHAPTER XLIX 2010
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From a poetic "Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water" ... to those quirky "Kangaroo paws" (and, just this morning, a "une primevère de Mumbai" *), Jules's virtual bouquet grew and, as Mom would add, via all-caps, GREW!
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Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water ... from a transplanted Tucson-ian ... there's little in life to compare with being loved by your grown children!
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From a poetic "Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water" ... to those quirky "Kangaroo paws" (and, just this morning, a "une primevère de Mumbai" *), Jules's virtual bouquet grew and, as Mom would add, via all-caps, GREW!
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Promoter Vikas Kasliwal says they plan to have rain-water harvesting, use solar energy to provide hot water to residents, and deodorize and dehumidify the air which will circulate within the building.
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From a poetic "Sahuaro blossoms floating in a clay bowl full of desert rain-water" ... to those quirky "Kangaroo paws" (and, just this morning, a "une primevère de Mumbai" *), Jules's virtual bouquet grew and, as Mom would add, via all-caps, GREW!
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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