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Examples
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Oonah V. Joslin is the winner of two Micro Horror prizes and an honoree in The 2009 Binnacle Comp.
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Ahem, Ms K, you didn't mention that in the Binnacle you came 114 out of 960!
Contests I Didn't Win Lauri 2009
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But now, I fear, the case is altered, and _The Binnacle_ has been killed solely by its own popularity.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Various
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The same advertisement had not been a couple of hours in _The Binnacle_ before three tinkers tried to steal his horse.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Various
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"Binnacle light's goin 'hout, sir," said the man at the wheel, breaking in on his sad thoughts.
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Binnacle_ has ceased to appear, but I see from _The Times_ there has been a movement in Berlin in favour of letting bygones be bygones.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Various
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They did all they could to keep her Head to the Sea, and setting up a small Jury-mast, to which they clapp'd a Top-gallant-yard, we again scudded, altogether ignorant where we were; for a Sea which pooped us the second Day, had carried away the Binnacle with the Two Compasses; and they either had not, or knew not, where to find another.
A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt
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_The Binnacle_ has ceased publication, of course, before.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 Various
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With a Barnacle Under the Binnacle cho: With a barnacle under the binnacle
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He was said to be paying his addresses to Lady Jane Sheepshanks, Lord Southdowns third daughter, and whose sister, Lady Emily, wrote those sweet tracts, The Sailors True Binnacle, and The Applewoman of Finchley Common.
IX. Family Portraits 1917
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