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  • There was much commotion, the men pointing out the game and shouting excitedly, "See the wild boar!" otherwise I should not have known what was up, but now, looking in the indicated direction, I saw scudding over the plain what appeared to me to be nothing but a halfgrown black pig, or shoat.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • In the distance Marines are billeted in a patch of halfgrown grain.

    A Lifeline In Iraq 2008

  • In the distance Marines are billeted in a patch of halfgrown grain.

    A Lifeline In Iraq 2008

  • Most parents didn't have much use for a halfgrown child.

    Seventh Son Card, Orson Scott 1987

  • There was much commotion, the men pointing out the game and shouting excitedly, "See the wild boar!" otherwise I should not have known what was up, but now, looking in the indicated direction, I saw scudding over the plain what appeared to me to be nothing but a halfgrown black pig, or shoat.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • I don't like to be seen without them or with halfgrown ones.

    Lightfoot the Deer 1919

  • The Mistress caught up into her arms the halfgrown youngster, petting his silken head, running her white fingers through his shining mahogany coat; making crooning little friendly noises to him.

    Further Adventures of Lad Albert Payson Terhune 1907

  • Both were exchanging affectionate farewells with a young girl, whose voice sounded deeper than the halfgrown boy's.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Both were exchanging affectionate farewells with a young girl, whose voice sounded deeper than the halfgrown boy's.

    The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Both were exchanging affectionate farewells with a young girl, whose voice sounded deeper than the halfgrown boy's.

    The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

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