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Pakistan's Moin Khan sprinkled his boy-soprano encouragement to Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq with cries of "Shabash, shabash", Urdu for "Bravo, bravo".
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And I cried out: ` Shabash, mem-sahib! 'and ` Heep-heep-heep-hoora', as the sahibs do, to comfort her.
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"Shabash, Afghan killer!" roars Goolab, still on his knees, and ran him through the body, but even as the fellow went down, his comrade threw himself on Goolab, choking off the triumphant yell of "Eighty-three!" and bearing him to earth.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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"Shabash, Afghan killer!" roars Goolab, still on his knees, and ran him through the body, but even as the fellow went down, his comrade threw himself on Goolab, choking off the triumphant yell of "Eighty-three!" and bearing him to earth.
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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I could hear him, crying "Shabash!" in compliment, and on the elephant ahead of us the chamberlains were on their feet, scooping up rupees in little hand-shovels, and hurling them over the yellow Guardsmen at the Khalsa battalions.
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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I could hear him, crying "Shabash!" in compliment, and on the elephant ahead of us the chamberlains were on their feet, scooping up rupees in little hand-shovels, and hurling them over the yellow Guardsmen at the Khalsa battalions.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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And I cried out: ` Shabash, mem-sahib! 'and ` Heep-heep-heep-hoora', as the sahibs do, to comfort her.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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And I cried out: ‘Shabash, mem-sahib!’ and ‘Heep-heep-heep-hoora’, as the sahibs do, to comfort her.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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Broadfoot clattered away, and a moment later the red-coated jawans were mounting the stairs, with Burnes shouting "Shabash!" to encourage them while he belted his sword over his suit and stuck a pistol in his belt.
Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969
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Iqbal cried: "Shabash!" and I was beginning to crow over him when a voice shouted:
Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969
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