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Although the boys persist in their account of the origin of the cave, it is known to them as “Coo-bee co-tan-you,” which signifies “that hole made by the meteor,” or, literally, “falling-star hole.”
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Although the boys persist in their account of the origin of the cave, it is known to them as "Coo-bee co-tan-you," which signifies "that hole made by the meteor," or, literally, "falling-star hole."
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4 I was daring to be great in god's tongue, mathematical and in numbers, arcing, falling-star trajectories in the sky, but I failed oh Jesus, I failed, and was a monster.
Little Susie, Take Me Down... Amy Geeleher Burt 2011
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"The Midnight Tremmella!" cried Yoomy; "the falling-star of flowers!
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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