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Examples
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The acting and accessories were perfect; and what poor Robson used to term the "horgan" of Triballos, was wonderful.
Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Charles Maurice Davies 1869
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Mr. Quintus Slide continued to assure him that a "horgan" was indispensable to him, and Phineas began to accommodate his ears to the sound which had at first been so disagreeable.
Phineas Finn Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1869
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Mr Quintus Slide continued to assure him that a "horgan" was indispensable to him, and Phineas began to accommodate his ears to the sound which had at first been so disagreeable.
Phineas Finn 1867
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Mr. Quintus Slide continued to assure him that a "horgan" was indispensable to him, and Phineas began to accommodate his ears to the sound which had at first been so disagreeable.
Phineas Finn The Irish Member Anthony Trollope 1848
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I mark my horgan that our nexluck will be gooden twogain.
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I mark my horgan that our nexluck will be gooden twogain.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Harchitecture and Music (the naked female figure with the barrel horgan) introducing George, fust Lord Carabas, to the Temple of the
The Book of Snobs 2006
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"You oughter be 'ead of a laundry where the' andle of the mangle turns a pianer-horgan as well -- work and play!" he concluded scornfully, as he disappeared from the musician's sight below.
Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various
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The fine frenzy was proved by the fury with which the woman flung wide the portal that the horgan might be drored out.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 Various 1898
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You'll find, Mr. Finn, that in public life there's nothing like having a horgan to back you.
Phineas Finn Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1869
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