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• Thar's no mistake 'bout thet, fur it gets tight itself ev'ry cold snap--d----d if it doan't The village, at the date of my visit, had a population of about one hundred men, women, and children, and they were all assembled on the cleared plot in front of the store, witnessing a 'turkey-match.' —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• He sent each of the difficult words from his mouth with a snap, as if he were discharging them from a pistol that jammed But Lynn jeered again He could not jerk her from the gate, though he tried hard; eight years old can effect a much firmer lodgment than four years. —  In the Mist of the Mountains
• Then she bolted the door with a snap, and stood a moment in the middle of the floor You are an old fool, Priscilla Perkins! —  A Little Girl in Old Boston
• Come on, ye old seadogs There was a snap--the rope had parted, but so near to the beach were the two that the life-savers waded into the foam and spume, and grabbed them, holding them safe They were hauled to the beach, on which huddled the others who had been saved from the wreck The lone woman had been taken in charge by the feminine members of the theatrical troupe, who led her toward their boarding house. —  The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast
• Peggy shut her lips with a snap, and the iron entered into her soul. —  About Peggy Saville

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