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  • “Da,” who wore the violet dress on Sundays, and enjoyed the name of Spraggins in that private life lived at odd moments even by domestic servants.

    Awakening 2004

  • Up till now that father had possessed what was left of his heart by the groom, Bob, who played the concertina, and his nurse "Da," who wore the violet dress on Sundays, and enjoyed the name of Spraggins in that private life lived at odd moments even by domestic servants.

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening To Let John Galsworthy 1900

  • Up till now that father had possessed what was left of his heart by the groom, Bob, who played the concertina, and his nurse "Da," who wore the violet dress on Sundays, and enjoyed the name of Spraggins in that private life lived at odd moments even by domestic servants.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • Up till now that father had possessed what was left of his heart by the groom, Bob, who played the concertina, and his nurse "Da," who wore the violet dress on Sundays, and enjoyed the name of Spraggins in that private life lived at odd moments even by domestic servants.

    The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

  • Never for a moment did she count on the Spraggins money.

    Strictly business: more stories of the four million O. Henry 1886

  • Spraggins menaced no more the people in the bazaars of the East Side.

    Strictly business: more stories of the four million O. Henry 1886

  • She had a wholesome, Spraggins-inherited love for plain food, loose clothing, and the society of the lower classes.

    Strictly business: more stories of the four million O. Henry 1886

  • "We believe they are from another county that boarders our county and we want to get their faces out and hopefully somebody can I. D them," says Spraggins.

    WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News Amanda Shropshire 2010

  • Trion Police Chief Chad Spraggins describes the men split up, leaving one man at the counter to distract the clerk, while the other two zero in on a jewelry case.

    WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery : News Amanda Shropshire 2010

  • Spraggins is working for DRC Haiti, a private company vying for recovery contracts and providing assistance.

    Homepage The Associated Press 2010

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