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Through the action of what kinky cell of the brain I had called the dear gallant fellow "Petit Patou," instead of "Lackaday," I was unable to conjecture.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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Lackaday, good masters, said the host, my poor house has but a bare larder.
Ulysses 2003
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There was some heathenish, coffin-colored old lumber aboard, which, upon a long previous voyage, had been cut from the aboriginal groves of the Lackaday islands, and from these dark planks the coffin was recommended to be made.
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-- Lackaday, good masters, said the host, my poor house has but a bare larder.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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To this knightly company Colonel Lackaday might well belong.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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Towards lunch time Lackaday and I, chance companions, strolled towards the house.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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No wonder the Cirque Rocambeau had come to grief, if it depended on such canaries as Lackaday.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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Before starting I had a last interview with Lackaday.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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Lackaday had planned to go to Vichy, he went to Vichy.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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I can call myself General Lackaday till the day of my death, but not a sou does it put into my pocket.
The Mountebank William John Locke 1896
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