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Examples
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Chianokwut (Lowering Cloud), called Tems Couvert by the French, principal war chief of Leech Lake, addressed me in a speech of some length, and presented a garnished war-club, which he requested might be hung up in the office.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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"It's pronounced "Tems, " Total said, licking one paw.
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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"It's pronounced "Tems, " Total said, licking one paw.
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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And J has only recently discovered that the Thames River through London is pronounced “Tems”.
Narrating the Brits in Time anthology — Fusion Despatches 2009
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Both Tem and John are awesome guys – check out Tems brilliant illustration work too
KN | Kitsune Noir » ‘Facts About Projection’ by Temujin Doran 2010
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Speaking as a reader, it was a tremendous disappointment that the Discoveries line was canceled, because I was really enjoying the books they were putting out - yours, of course, and the Tems' Man On the Ceiling and the rest.
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Speaking as a reader, it was a tremendous disappointment that the Discoveries line was canceled, because I was really enjoying the books they were putting out - yours, of course, and the Tems' Man On the Ceiling and the rest.
Archive 2010-04-01 2010
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Apropos of nothing, Rich and I enjoyed a brief Abbott and Costello moment as he tried to assure me that I must read "the new Tems' book" while I tried to elicit from him what, exactly, the book conveyed that was so terrifying about London's river.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008
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It is pronounced not “Tems” like its namesake in London; instead it rhymes with SHAMES.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Tattoos Sacred and Profane 2006
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I know it's been done in the short form as well, I'm just drawing a blank right now, maybe the Tems "Man in the High Ceiling" been a while since I read that though.
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