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But before I found them I encountered a windlestraw which showed which way blew the wind and gave promise of a very gale.— The Jacket (Star-Rover)
I knew the windlestraw, Guy de Villehardouin, a raw young provincial, come up the first time to Court, but a fiery little cockerel for all of that.— The Jacket (Star-Rover)
Am I but a windlestraw? "— Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works
"Lever it!" cried the gruff voice, "if you have the backbone of a windlestraw, lever!"— The Dew of Their Youth
I knew the windlestraw, Guy de— The Jacket (Star-Rover)

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