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Even his wife, so protective of his reputation, reports that the dancers called him "Dumb-bell" behind his back.
Secrets of Nijinsky Acocella, Joan 1999
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This was known as the Dumb-bell Hill Sector of the Sheikh Abbas Line, being named from a hill whose contours on the map were a very fair imitation of a dumb-bell.
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 David Douglas Ogilvie
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Billy rode on to the Dumb-bell Ranch, and Ted stopped at the bank.
Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor
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Mr. Clay Whipple, of the Moon Valley Ranch, and Mr. Billy Sudden, of the Dumb-bell Ranch, will play the violin and piano respectively.
Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor
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The eventful hour came and he sent over half-a-dozen battery salvoes on Dumb-bell Hill and Brighton Redoubt and peace reigned once more over our corner of Asia.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison
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Dumb-bell practice should precede the use of the Indian clubs.
Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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When he first went to the Dumb-bell Ranch, as the Circle-bar Circle is called, they took him for a kid and tried to run over him.
Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor
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A battalion could really rest at Regent's Park, and we were somewhat unwilling to move when orders came on the 9th July to take over the front line at Dumb-bell Hill.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison
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Mexican changed Johnson's Lazy Y to a Dumb-bell Bar -- he saw through at
Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909
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Phoenix for a Ranger -- and that was the last of the Dumb-bell Bar brand, or the Three Link Bar brand, or the Hour Glass Brand, or a half dozen others.
Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909
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