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  • You could follow the streets and the circular sweep of the big Central Platz and even distinguish the bridges across the Rhine, then of a sudden the lights blurred and became indistinct, and Tam muttered an impatient "Tchk," for the squadron was running into a cloud-bank which might be small but was more likely to be fairly extensive.

    Tam o' the Scoots Edgar Wallace 1903

  • In the comics history, the insectoid race Thck-Tchk wanted to take over the universo.

    5 Badass Reasons Why Fans Will Love The Green Lantern Movie « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Each animal in its stall whisked its tail when anyone went near and said “Tchk! tchk!”

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • Also restlessly to say "Oh, dear!" and go "Tchk!" when the whisperings and the laughing about men went on and distracted her attention while she tried to do her exercises.

    This Freedom 1925

  • Rosalie began to have the habit of saying "Oh, dear!" and going "Tchk!" with her tongue when Flora came in.

    This Freedom 1925

  • "Maybe that's why I picked out this particular shade," says I. "Tchk!" says she, tappin 'me on the arm.

    Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907

  • Each animal in its stall whisked its tail when anyone went near and said "Tchk! tchk!"

    Madame Bovary 1902

  • Her mother made that despairing "Tchk!" with her tongue, and fell back in her chair.

    The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1878

  • Then he related briefly and cleanly the whole affair, Sewell interrupting him from time to time with murmurs of sympathy, and "Tchk, tchk, tchk!" and "Shocking, shocking!"

    The Minister's Charge William Dean Howells 1878

  • Annie made a "Tchk!" of impatience with her obtuseness, and asked, "Where is Mr. Peck staying?"

    Annie Kilburn : a Novel William Dean Howells 1878

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