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Examples
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"Tom Tiddler's ground," whispered Eph. "I guess we'll get some of it, too," chuckled Sam, who had gotten over his fright in a sudden greed at the thought of riches.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner
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Tiddler's ground 'and make a dash for it, but the forfeits we might incur deterred us, being our lives.
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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Tiddler's ground, and meant to make the most of it.
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"It's all right up here -- the gas has passed over!" shouted Tiddler's rescuer.
With Haig on the Somme D. H. Parry 1915
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The man tried to seize his legs, but instantly let go his hold with a hoarse cry as Tiddler's bayonet settled all disputes, and Dennis darted round the angle.
With Haig on the Somme D. H. Parry 1915
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From the box he carried in his arms it was evident that the ammunition supply was stored below; and as the man fell backwards from Tiddler's bayonet with a scream of agony, an answering shout came up from the depths beneath.
With Haig on the Somme D. H. Parry 1915
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Tiddler's bayonet was wrenched from the muzzle of his rifle, and a bullet chipped the brim of Hawke's steel helmet.
With Haig on the Somme D. H. Parry 1915
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Coins and other relics are found from time to time, but the Drishti folk keep jealous watch that no stranger shall search in what they regard as their own Tom Tiddler's ground.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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My Tom Tiddler's ground isn't far from your holy township, 'and he began to sing, --
The Bishop's Secret Fergus Hume 1895
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By the time he received Tiddler's atrocious sketch, representing the author of _The Insurgent_ as a Diogenes looking for gray-eyed girls, he had ceased to smile over the thing.
Quaint Courtships William Dean Howells 1878
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