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Examples
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"Terrorists like the Holnup, which is Hungarian for ` tomorrow ',' nuff said.
Watershed 2010
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"Terrorists like the Holnup, which is Hungarian for ` tomorrow ',' nuff said.
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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But it was a staggering thought - dammit, why should he, a German Junker, a trusted agent of Bismarck, want to kill Franz-Josef, doing the dirty work of Hungarian fanatics like Kossuth and the Holnup? ...
Watershed 2010
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No, shut up, Harry - it must be so because once the smoke has cleared and the Holnup are laid stiff and stark, I can say I couldn't sleep and was just takin 'a stroll and ran into 'em, see?
Watershed 2010
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"The Holnup intend to assassinate Franz-Josef," says Willem, filling a second glass for himself.
Watershed 2010
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But don't you see, I could then have pleaded injured innocence to Bismarck, pointing out that it wasn't I who brought you into the business, and that you must have gone berserk, or been a Holnup hireling all unsuspected, or killed F-J for love of the beauteous Sissi ... or anythin 'at all.
Watershed 2010
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Capital, thinks I, there'll be no reason to offer us houseroom, and we can scuttle back to Ischl and let the Holnup have a free run, but Willem had the answer to that, rot him.
Watershed 2010
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Franz-Josef is bound to take us in, but if he didn't we'd just picket his lodge and deal with the Holnup in the grounds.
Watershed 2010
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The sentry's relieved every three hours, by the way, and you may be sure the Holnup know that, so between three and six will be their best time.
Watershed 2010
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"It's a solemn thought," says Willem, as we resumed our walk down the Landstrasse, "that as he drives serenely by, the Holnup lads will be watching."
Watershed 2010
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