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  • A non-descript fellow, brown haired and brown eyed, with a commoner's face and a nose that had been broken more than once.

    Trial of Seven grrm 2010

  • "I'd bet my worn-out game vest that shotgun of his has never killed a public-land commoner's quail, but at least he'd nail the word-count limit on his stories."

    I was reading a blog by Chad Love bemoaning the use of technology. 2009

  • I doubt he trains his own dogs (if he owns any) and I'd bet my worn-out game vest that shotgun of his has never killed a public-land commoner's quail, but at least he'd nail the word-count limit on his stories.

    Rove Tweets Hunting 2009

  • A non-descript fellow, brown haired and brown eyed, with a commoner's face and a nose that had been broken more than once.

    Trial of Seven grrm 2010

  • He could see the famous Star of the East, however, and its gelid twinkle reminded him of his first Christmas, that commoner's winter in Aelfric when he learned, with some astonishment, that the face of an executed Eastern rabble-rouser had been carved in the pagan pumpkin.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • The commoner's elevation to royal consort scandalized the aristocracy, perhaps contributing to the atmosphere of discontent with Erik among the high nobility.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • The commoner's elevation to royal consort scandalized the aristocracy, perhaps contributing to the atmosphere of discontent with Erik among the high nobility.

    Karin Månsdotter Matterhorn 2009

  • What surprises me, given commoner's rule, is that we expect that the rest of the species will still be around!

    Charlie Cray: Where's the Freaking Passion? 2008

  • To view all comments: commoner's sense by Blue Pilgrim on Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 9: 49: 43 PM

    BUSH LACKS SENSE GOD GAVE A GOOSE 2007

  • In making such observations, Thomas of Monmouth shifts between the mundane — a young commoner's trade — and the extraordinary abilities of this particular child.

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

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