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  • I kneel a few feet from him and cluck, as if like Dr. Dolittle I could make him eat crab-apples out of my hand.

    Pamela Alma Weymouth: Goodbye Married Life! Pamela Alma Weymouth 2011

  • She was remembering Ashish, and the feeling of dread came back as crab-apples turning pink and maples in citrus orange passed by.

    For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011

  • I kneel a few feet from him and cluck, as if like Dr. Dolittle I could make him eat crab-apples out of my hand.

    Pamela Alma Weymouth: Goodbye Married Life! Pamela Alma Weymouth 2011

  • There they are; although I am wondering whether they were eating the fruit or just finding worms that spend the winter in said crab-apples.

    Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat 2010

  • Then, because we're a little bit evil, spoiled sports and all, we could have that crowd "lancer des tomates" * (this, in a kiwi-quick manner before the sour-grape guards arrive -- and give us crab-apples a prune*).

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Then, because we're a little bit evil, spoiled sports and all, we could have that crowd "lancer des tomates" * (this, in a kiwi-quick manner before the sour-grape guards arrive -- and give us crab-apples a prune*).

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Then, because we're a little bit evil, spoiled sports and all, we could have that crowd "lancer des tomates" * (this, in a kiwi-quick manner before the sour-grape guards arrive -- and give us crab-apples a prune*).

    plaisanterie - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Then, because we're a little bit evil, spoiled sports and all, we could have that crowd "lancer des tomates"* this, in a kiwi-quick manner before the sour-grape guards arrive -- and give us crab-apples a prune*.

    plaisanterie - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Then, because we're a little bit evil, spoiled sports and all, we could have that crowd "lancer des tomates"* this, in a kiwi-quick manner before the sour-grape guards arrive -- and give us crab-apples a prune*.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Cycling from Kingston yesterday, I passed under a tree postively groaning with glowing rosy crab-apples.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Joanna Bogle 2007

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