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On the shelves at the back were rows of melons, so-called "cantaloups" swarming with wart-like knots, "maraichers" whose skin was covered with grey lace-like netting, and "culs-de-singe" displaying smooth bare bumps.
The Fat and the Thin ��mile Zola 1871
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I tried to take six cantaloups home in a paper bag the other night and had a bad enough time of it.
Love Conquers All Robert Benchley 1917
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Then presently the cantaloups came -- fragrant, juicy ones, and all the salads, and -- oh, well, never mind the list -- I have heard of living like a lord, but I can't imagine any lord ever living as near to the sap and savor of life's luxuries as we did.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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This morning we called on more relatives, eating star fruit fresh from the tree at one, picking grapefruit at another and cantaloups somewhere else.
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