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  • 'Washerwoman's skin ... blood-tinged froth ... distended lungs ...'

    Strip Jack Rankin, Ian, 1960- 1992

  • Main Base; biological work; collection of petrel skin; at Aladdin's Cave; production of The 'Washerwoman's

    The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

  • "The 'Washerwoman's-Orphans' Home 'has now been established seven years: and the good which it has effected is, it may be confidently stated,

    Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • By way of compromise, Lady Emily sent in a packet in the evening for the latter lady, containing copies of the "Washerwoman," and other mild and favourite tracts for Miss B. 's own perusal; and a few for the servants 'hall, viz.: "Crumbs from the

    Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Simple song tunes were possible, but the first time I hit a real Irish jig, the famous “Irish Washerwoman,” my fingers simply could not manage the D/C natural/B run-down in the second part.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Whistle While You Geek 2010

  • Being a chemist, he was amused to find that the chemical “paradimethylaminobenzaldehye” could actually be fit into the tune “The Irish Washerwoman”, a classic jig.

    Syrphidae - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Washerwoman hands hips displaced this movement towards no-movement cinders sunder.

    Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Writing 2006

  • Washerwoman hands hips displaced this movement towards no-movement cinders sunder.

    Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: February 2006 Archives 2006

  • Washerwoman,” and other mild and favourite tracts for

    Vanity Fair 2006

  • Mr. Crawley for religious instruction, touched upon the Washerwoman of Finchley Common, which she had read with the greatest profit, and asked about Lady Emily, its gifted author, now Lady Emily

    Vanity Fair 2006

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