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* (* "Aral Sea!") and bright Asian sunlight, and the chains galling my wrist and ankle-bones, and foreign flat faces all round, and I realized that my earlier thoughts of home had been an illusion, and this was alien, frightening land.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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We can't force our legs out into the form of a bow or walk with our ankle-bones on the ground, can we?
Satyricon 2007
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What frightens me about frenchmen in shorts is their usually tiny ankle-bones.
cravings 2005
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On the fire was a foot with charred ankle-bones; in a dilly-bag other fragments, but in
Tropic Days 2003
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She pitched forward, trying to puke up her ankle-bones.
Soldiers Live Cook, Glen 2000
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He slid quickly down the mountain-side, grazing himself as he went, and bruising his ankle-bones as he knocked them against rocks and stones.
The Secret Mountain Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1965
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A pair of simple sandals, the _na'l_, left the ankle-bones bare.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964
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At once the lame man felt a new power entering into his feet and ankle-bones.
The Wonder Book of Bible Stories Logan [Editor] Marshall
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We can't force our legs out into the form of a bow or walk with our ankle-bones on the ground, can we?
The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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We can't force our legs out into the form of a bow or walk with our ankle-bones on the ground, can we?
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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