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  • Either side the pickets of the flying cavalry I amps were strung out as far as the eye could see - the red jackets of the Light Dragoons, and the grey khakee of the Hyderabad troopers 'coats, dusty with the new curry-powder dye.

    Fiancée 2010

  • The only proof of his confidence worth mentioning, was his imparting to the young officer a valuable receipt for concocting curry-powder.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Breathless himself — for the transit of years and of curry-powder had not improved his lungs — he labored at the helpless form, and laid it at last in a place of safety.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

  • The head of the English peerage recommended the poor to rely on curry-powder as a nutritious and satisfying food.

    The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

  • Either side the pickets of the flying cavalry I amps were strung out as far as the eye could see - the red jackets of the Light Dragoons, and the grey khakee of the Hyderabad troopers 'coats, dusty with the new curry-powder dye.

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

  • Either side the pickets of the flying cavalry I amps were strung out as far as the eye could see — the red jackets of the Light Dragoons, and the grey khakee of the Hyderabad troopers 'coats, dusty with the new curry-powder dye.

    Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

  • ; China silk, of colors; ginghams; white cottons; nails; beside other little things, such as Venetian beads; ginger; curry-powder; onions; ghee; &c. &c.

    The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

  • One pound cooked white fish, one apple, two ounces of butter, one onion, one pint of fish stock, one tablespoon curry-powder, one tablespoon flour, one teaspoon lemon juice or vinegar, salt and pepper, six ounces of rice.

    My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec Various

  • The head of the English peerage recommended the poor to rely on curry-powder as a nutritious and satisfying food.

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • The cook was a great believer in the influence of environment, and nourished an obstinate conviction that if you brought rabbit and curry-powder together in one dish a rabbit curry would be the result.

    The Chronicles of Clovis 1870-1916 Saki 1893

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