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  • "Henery" was slow at pitching hay and loading stone, but when the season came, he developed a genius for peddling fruit; he was always hungry for any sort of chance to bargain, and was forever coming upon things which Thyrsis ought to buy.

    Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

  • "Henery" proved to be the adult stage of the East Side "gamin"; lean and cynical, full of slang and humor and the odor of cigarettes.

    Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

  • There was unpleasantness all round then, and in the row somebody knocked one o 'Henery's teeth out.

    Light Freights 1903

  • To think that her brother Austin Lovel should have married a woman who could call her son "Henery," and who had such an unmistakable air of commonness!

    The Lovels of Arden 1875

  • "Henery," said Mrs. Beecham, "I can put up with a great deal; but to think of a child of mine being exposed to the tongues of those Browns and Pigeons and Mrs. Tom, is more than I can bear.

    Phoebe, Junior 1862

  • On a day when David Akers set the single season field goal points record, Henery made his 14th straight and his first over 50 yards.

    Elizabeth Engel: I Didn't Get Everything I Wanted... Elizabeth Engel 2011

  • I'm hoping that Henery can pick up where he left off.

    Elizabeth Engel: I Didn't Get Everything I Wanted... Elizabeth Engel 2011

  • Watching Maclin's fumble right before the two minute warning was pretty much the equivalent of ripping out my still-beating heart, stomping on it, and then turning it over to a Cowboys fan, but honestly, prior to that when Alex Henery missed that second field goal, I knew in my gut the team was going down.

    Elizabeth Engel: 2011 NFL Season Week 4 Recap Elizabeth Engel 2011

  • Now get rid if the idiot Ed Henery and you might gain back some dignity.

    Lou Dobbs weighing White House run in 2012 2009

  • We can all yell "DON'T KICK TO DEVIN HESTER!" all the live-long day to the TV, but I'm not confident of either Henry or Henery's ability not to do just that.

    Elizabeth Engel: 2011 NFL Season Week 9 Picks Elizabeth Engel 2011

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