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I have seen on the stage several Hamlets, more or less successful in that sublime dramatic creation of Shakspeare, to say nothing of small-calfed personifications at private fancy balls.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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I shall not distinguish the two legs by the terms, the living and the dead one -- it would be as great an injustice to the carved as to the calfed one -- for the former had a graceful life, _sui generis_, of its own.
Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820
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Most of the boots on eBay are some sort of combo of slouchy, stiletto-heeled, and/or mid-calfed.
Flapper Girl flappergirlcreations 2010
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The other 1 ordered to my bower, as I calfed it, of which I have given a * full defcrlption; and as it was fenced in, and they pinioned, the place was fecurc enough, confidering they were upon their behaviour.
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts ... 1790
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Nk P.G. G.ebnpibld, a. wrote an nn - iinished tragedy, calfed Henrique Prince of Sicily.
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782
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