rattles

• “The train rattles to a halt at Memorial Park and many people in bright summer shorts and carrying lawn chairs and coolers disembark.”

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• “The resulting combination of pops and rattles is effective on snook, redfish, and especially sea trout.”

  Pop Goes the Rattler

• “Oops, not quite empty, a coin rattles inside, and she dumps it to the floor.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Fortunes of Indigo Skye

• “Cover and steam for 1 ½ -2 hours, adding boiling water to the bottom of the steamer when coin rattles.”

  Spiced Lamb Steamed in Maguey Leaves: Mixiotes de Carnero

• “And in the horror and climax of death-rattles, which is Mexico, she thought she could see it in the black eyes of the Indians.”

  The Plumed Serpent

• “Indians, and is placed here on purpose to guard us, and to give us warning of impending danger by his rattles, which is the same as if he were to tell us 'Look about!”

  Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)

• “The sword rattles in his hands, the blade falls from his grasp, as he strikes it against the pillar near him.”

  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

• “London was protected by night watchmen armed with staves, lanterns, and wooden noisemakers called rattles that made a startling clack-clack-clack sound when the head was spun.”

  Portrait of a Killer

• “The incessant pattering of the rattles is the only sound heard in the plaza until the soft moccasined feet reach the board over the hole in front of the kisi.”

  The High Calling

• “At the same time one drums and the other rattles, which is all the artificial music of their own making I ever saw amongst them.”

  Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader

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