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Examples
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He lay his head back on the hammock's pillow and blew a perfect smoke ring that he watched wobble its way up towards the ceiling.
Sharpe's Fortress Cornwell, Bernard 1999
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“Help me up ... a hammock's a nice place to be in, but an awkward thing to get out of.”
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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"Help me up ... a hammock's a nice place to be in, but an awkward thing to get out of."
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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He wore a light gray suit, and on the slender white hand that hung down over the hammock's edge was a spark of diamond fire.
The Golden Road 1908
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The girl patted from her skirts the hammock's little disarranging touches, while the youth again made the careful folds in his hat.
The Seeker Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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In the shadowed coolness, aching gratefully in many joints, I had plunged into the hammock's Lethe, swooning shamelessly to a benign oblivion.
Somewhere in Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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He leaned nearer his sister and laid one hand on hers where it lay across the hammock's edge:
The Younger Set 1899
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A detaining feminine hand reached mechanically for his collar, groped aimlessly for a moment, and fell across the hammock's edge.
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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There lay Jane Bottomly asleep, her black hair drying over the hammock's edge, gilded to a peroxide lustre by the rays of the rising sun.
Police!!! Henry Hutt 1899
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Shiela, elbow on knee, one arm across the hammock's edge, chin cupped in her other palm, sat staring at vacancy beside the hammock where Virginia lay.
The Firing Line 1899
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