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  •   "If little Courtney doesn't like the Happy Meal toy for girls at McDonald's on Route 9, you've got to haul ass over to the Burger King on Route 30 through some heavy mall traffic on Speen Street."

    NASCAR Minivan Series Has Soccer Moms "Swapping Paint" 2010

  • Now, with his old mans laughter ringing in his ears and the village of Speen disappearing in his rear-view mirror, Harry put his foot down.

    The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008

  • In our own green valleys and fawrests, in the American savannahs, in the sierras of Speen and the flats of

    Mrs. Perkins's Ball 2006

  • Cross and Benham Park to Speen, generally supposed to be identical with Spinae, the Roman station at the junction of the roads from Bath and Cirencester to Silchester.

    Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

  • This is nice weather for Mrs.J. Austen's going to Speen, and I hope she will have

    Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

  • But though "Spina" is still Speen, Ad Pontes, close by, one of the most important points upon the Roman Thames, has lost its Roman name entirely, and is known as Staines: the stones or stone which marked the head of the jurisdiction of London upon the river.

    The Historic Thames Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • She stopped the first night at Maidenhead Bridge; slept at Speen Hill the second, and Devizes the third; arriving at Bath on the fourth day of her journey.

    Art in England Notes and Studies Dutton Cook 1856

  • In our own green valleys and fawrests, in the American savannahs, in the sierras of Speen and the flats of Flandthers, the Saxon has quailed before me war-cry of MULLIGAN ABOO!

    The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Esq. of Speen, for that portion of this table which relates to the internal navigation of England.

    On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831

  • This is nice weather for Mrs** J. Austen's going to Speen, & I hope she will have a pleasant visit there.

    Jane Austen's Letters To Her Sister Cassandra and Others 1796

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