counter,

When I take a roast out of the oven and set it on the counter,

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Oh I wish I had a clipper ship with carvings on her counter,

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 Various

'Why, my little' un, 'said the large, red-faced man behind the counter,

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

"Oh, I guess not," Harry grinned, and turned his back to the counter,

The Coast of Chance Esther Chamberlain

So all three of them moved down toward the end of the toy counter,

The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier Laura Lee Hope

Once in possession of the blouse, its price, a guinea, paid over the counter,

Superseded May Sinclair 1904

"Well, Miss Bunner," he said, drawing his stool closer to the counter,

Bunner Sisters Edith Wharton 1899

"And the way his lordship do go on!" said Mrs. Dibble, over the counter,

Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

Again came springtime, and, as he stood behind the counter,

Will Warburton George Gissing 1880

"Well, you want to get a good look at me now," said the bad boy, as he dropped the valise on the floor, and put the hat box on the counter,

Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 1878