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  • I eyed Thistle's hard saddle dubiously, suddenly realizing what I was in for.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Closest to a firth: Inverness Caledonian Thistle's Caledonian Stadium takes this one by a mile.

    Which football stadium is closest to water? 2010

  • I read the first two in the series but missed the third so I am still piecing Thistle's story together.

    The WritingYA Weblog: The Courage to Change tanita davis 2008

  • The Dandelion's and Thistle's seeds have flying-hairs or parachutes and are blown about by the wind.

    Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

  • Perhaps lightning might have been the cause, or possibly the friction of two dead trees in a strong wind; but it would be somewhat extraordinary that the same thing should have happened at Thistle's Island, Boston Island, and at this place, and apparently about the same time.

    The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914

  • Perhaps lightning might have been the cause, or possibly the friction of two dead trees in a strong wind; but it would be somewhat extraordinary that the same thing should have happened at Thistle's Island, Boston Island, and at this place, and apparently about the same time.

    The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903

  • Thistle's crew snored peacefully, and at last were handed up over the sides like sacks of potatoes, and the indignant watermen pulled back to the stairs.

    Many Cargoes 1903

  • Thistle's a good house and we have good company; and if father liked a lad, especially if I recommended him, he could easily find money to start a small mill.

    Tommy Joseph Hocking 1898

  • Thistle's panniers with several little pasteboard boxes, and, without saying anything to Tulee, mounted and rode off in

    A romance of the republic 1867

  • Sometimes she walked slowly about the lawn, and sometimes Tulee set her upon Thistle's back, and led him round and round through the bridle-paths.

    A romance of the republic 1867

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