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If you see a quaint gamekeeper's cottage on the edge of a wood, remember that its placing was strategic.
Shady past 2011
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He may be able to walk to the nearest town, but his dilapidated Victorian gamekeeper's cottage in a mid-Wales wood is so far off the beaten track that he is able to keep count of the passers-by whom he encounters during a five-year period of isolation: "Not one."
Life in the Woods Toby Lichtig 2011
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It's all real, you see – real gamekeeper's lodge, real groping around in "orchard", real flowers.
Aconite Acolyte Peter Ashley 2008
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I once lived in north east Northamptonshire, ten years in a Georgian gamekeeper's cottage, an isolated stone lodge against sombre woods.
Aconite Acolyte Peter Ashley 2008
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New for 2007: Landmark's most recent acquisition is Keeper's Cottage, at Old Warden, Bedfordshire sleeps four; Pounds 498/Pounds 846, a Victorian gamekeeper's lodge, freshly reclaimed from the ferns and the pheasants, and hosting its first "Landmarkers" this month.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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New for 2007: Landmark's most recent acquisition is Keeper's Cottage, at Old Warden, Bedfordshire sleeps four; Pounds 498/Pounds 846, a Victorian gamekeeper's lodge, freshly reclaimed from the ferns and the pheasants, and hosting its first "Landmarkers" this month.
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Marie Christophe was speaking of a gamekeeper's report, a Mayday tale of a strange creature glimpsed in the woodland, shot at, likely dealt a deathwound to judge by the copious trail of strangely colored blood it left in its wake before blood trail and creature both vanished utterly at the margin of the same lake of Marie's tearful telling, but George heard only his own voice, explaining things to Dr. Toombs:
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There in the center of a well-cleared glade was a gamekeeper's cabin, the cages in which the pheasants and grouse were kept lighter forms surrounding the solidness of the central building.
Through Wolfs Eyes 2001
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"Nearly there, Ron," said Hermione as the gamekeeper's cabin came into view.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999
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When they knocked on the door of the gamekeeper's hut an hour later, they were surprised to see that all the curtains were closed.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997
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