star-gazers

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We're not star-gazers by habit, but it just seemed to happen - we ate dinner a bit late, I had promised to make s'mores, and there we were, still in our shorts and flip-flops as the skies darkened and the show began.

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  • In tolerably wide opposition of habits to these tarpaulin men follow the less dashing and showy race sometimes called “star-gazers,” sometimes “dictionary-men,” who are also occasionally taunted or dignified by their messmates with the title of “philosophers.” —  The Lieutenant and Commander
  • We're not star-gazers by habit, but it just seemed to happen - we ate dinner a bit late, I had promised to make s'mores, and there we were, still in our shorts and flip-flops as the skies darkened and the show began. —  Aspen Times - Top Stories
  • A crowd milling about outside consisted almost exclusively of well-wishers and star-gazers. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • They are star-gazers, magi, and, from their dress and bearing, men of high rank; perhaps 'teachers of a higher wisdom' in one of the purest philosophies of the old heathen world. —  The Brownies and Other Tales
  • Graig Wen - white rock in English, referring to the quartz that veins the local granite - promotes itself as "the perfect rural retreat for walkers, birdwatchers, mountain bikers, artists, photographers, and star-gazers". —  Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk
 

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