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Examples
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The Commandant incoherently promised to reserve a portion of his next catch, and to send Archelaus with a creelful; all this with his eyes wandering in desperation to the glass door.
Major Vigoureux Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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We are going to catch some trout -- a good creelful -- for you to cook. "
Will of the Mill George Manville Fenn 1870
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"'Troth,' said poor Mat, 'I never carried such a creelful in my life as it was when I left home.'
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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