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  • "Manmade global warming is poppycock," Cain firmly told radio talk show host Mark Levin, sidling up to the doilied table.

    Shawn Lawrence Otto: Herman Cain Joins Mad Tea Party Shawn Lawrence Otto 2011

  • Once when a garrulous group departed one Sunday afternoon he had observed how stone-silent the place went in an instant, dust motes twisting languidly in weak sunbeams, bony ticks from the hallway clock sounding through the stilled rooms of doilied furniture and oval picture frames: this house had raised its children.

    Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007

  • When Mrs. Graham had been alive, she had always brought drinks on a tray, properly napkined, doilied, and adorned with accompanying biscuits.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • The bare, doilied table is popular for breakfast use.

    How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration Lillian B. Lansdown

  • "Manmade global warming is poppycock," Cain firmly told radio talk show host Mark Levin, sidling up to the doilied table.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Shawn Lawrence Otto 2011

  • And after a while it's maybe some tea and some cookies straight from the bag and then upstairs to sleep, the ceiling fan rattling quietly, the dim red of the alarm clock casting a strange glow on the doilied nightstand.

    Gawker: defamer 2010

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