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  • Again he drew on his mittens, pulled down his ear-flaps, took the rifle, and went out to his station on the river bank.

    FINIS 2010

  • The weather was warm, as well, barely twenty below zero, and the two men, with raised ear-flaps and dangling mittens, sweated as they toiled.

    Chapter IV 2010

  • Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks.

    To Build a Fire 2010

  • Meyers and Bettles had raised their ear-flaps, while Malemute Kid had even taken off his mittens.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • St. Vincent tied his ear-flaps and turned up his collar preparatory to leaving.

    CHAPTER 12 2010

  • Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the ear-flaps of his cap firmly about his ears, and took the creek trail up the left fork.

    To Build a Fire 2010

  • Then he pulled on his mittens, settled the ear-flaps of his cap firmly about his ears, and took the creek trail up the left fork.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • On his head was a fur cap, the ear-flaps raised and the tying-cords dangling.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks.

    To Build A Fire 2010

  • Meyers and Bettles had raised their ear-flaps, while Malemute Kid had even taken off his mittens.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

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