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Examples
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And there he was, matched to fight with me, behind in his rent, a tough old chopping-block, but weak from lack of food.
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He had everything to win by it — money and glory and career; and Tom King was the grizzled old chopping-block that guarded the highway to fame and fortune.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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"What do you here who should be in prison waiting on the chopping-block?"
A NOSE FOR THE KING 2010
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And there he was, matched to fight with me, behind in his rent, a tough old chopping-block, but weak from lack of food.
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Rasmunsen rolled the chopping-block into the cabin and carried in the eggs.
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"To think that that very admirable wit of yours must go the way of the chopping-block!"
A NOSE FOR THE KING 2010
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He had everything to win by it — money and glory and career; and Tom King was the grizzled old chopping-block that guarded the highway to fame and fortune.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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Under a fancy chopping-block island in his kitchen I found the kind of whips that would shred flesh.
TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009
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His remarks triggered a blow-off in the currency markets while equities were frog-marched to the chopping-block.
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Not being inclined to sit in the “parlour” with a very motley company, I accompanied the hostess into the kitchen, and sat by the fire upon a chopping-block, the most luxurious seat in the apartment.
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