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Toise was six pieds du roi, or 6.3945 English feet, or 1.949 meters.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Toise was six pieds du roi, or 6.3945 English feet, or 1.949 meters.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The community of Toise, an area of Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape, had an opportunity to host an awareness campaign in July sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Toise said the summit would take place to the backdrop of South
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Toise invited the public to document their recommendations and experiences of poverty, Aids, landlessness, violence as well as cultural, traditional and religious issues.
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A _Toise_ is two yards; and from the plan it appeared to be near the truth.
A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 Richard Twiss
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Toise became ruined, morally and physically, through the drink habit.
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Toise, albeit addicted to strong drink, was a gentleman in all essentials.
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Toise, who lived on the other side of the Buffalo River, about five miles away.
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_Toise_, ‘fathom,’ an old length measure about 6 ft. 5 in., used for measuring the height of conscripts.
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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