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  • One was small and swarthy, wearing a blazer with some improbable crest \expndtw6 on the pocket and flannels with turn-ups and suede shoes.

    Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010

  • I lent my gallant assistance by supervising intelligence work at Unao, just across the river from Cawnpore, where our new army was assembling; easy work, and nothing more dangerous than occasional brawls and turn-ups between the Pathan Horse and the Devil's Own, * (* The Connaught Rangers (88th Foot).) which suited me.

    Fiancée 2010

  • DASWANI: The classic suit is the real, real classic has never failed, has never -- it's a two button style with the side vents, one pleat, no turn-ups.

    CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2009 2009

  • DASWANI: The classic suit is the real -- real classic has never failed, has never -- is the two-button style with the side vents, one pleat, no turn-ups.

    CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2009 2009

  • DASWANI: The classic suit is the real -- real classic has never failed, has never -- is the two-button style with the side vents, one pleat, no turn-ups.

    CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009 2009

  • They checked every garment in the wardrobe, pocket flaps and trouser turn-ups.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • They checked every garment in the wardrobe, pocket flaps and trouser turn-ups.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • They checked every garment in the wardrobe, pocket flaps and trouser turn-ups.

    Deadly Intent Lynda La Plante 2008

  • Anna searched the clothes, their pockets, the turn-ups in the trousers, the racks of hand-made shoes.

    Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004

  • Anna searched the clothes, their pockets, the turn-ups in the trousers, the racks of hand-made shoes.

    Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004

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