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Seven black and orange Tortoise-shell kittens nursed in a crate the day Sue returned from rehab, to her parent's Atlanta home.
Tortoise 2009
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Tortoise-shell fan: If Lagerfeld were an Italian, he wouldn't be Lagerfeld.
Multiple Choices 2008
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Tortoise-shell hooks capable of holding large kingfish and fair sized sharks are common among the natives of Darnley Island, Torres
Tropic Days 2003
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Tortoise-shell butterflies burst from the chrysalis and pattered their life out on the window-pane.
To the Lighthouse 2002
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Tortoise-shell hair clips, children's toys, and bone and shell buttons were also found, as well as a few sherds of an Asian ginger jar.
Digging Old Brooklyn 1998
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Tortoise-shell combs for both Hope and Kate, pink satin hair ribbons for Emily, and a small tin soldier for Peter.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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Tortoise-shell combs for both Hope and Kate, pink satin hair ribbons for Emily, and a small tin soldier for Peter.
Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994
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She was a Tortoise-shell Cat herself, and her fur was spotted with white, black, and yellow.
Among the Farmyard People Clara Dillingham Pierson
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Tortoise-shell, which is common in the Spanish islands, is worth seven or eight livres the pound.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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Tortoise-shell they collect and sell at very high prices, the bulk of it going over to supply the China market with that article, a small quantity only being annually sent to Europe.
Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking
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