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  • I was a Lewis Carroll buff and tried all the combinations I could of think of from madhare to mockturtle.

    Archive 2006-06-01 kludge 2006

  • ‘One mockturtle, clear; one oxtail; two glasses of port.’

    The Man of Property 2004

  • Hot mockturtle vapour and steam of newbaked jampuffs rolypoly poured out from Harrison's.

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • (Mr. Crewe could see) Mr. Doby bore a striking resemblance to the picture of the mockturtle in "Alice m Wonderland" -- a fact which had been pointed out by Miss Victoria Flint.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • (Mr. Crewe could see) Mr. Doby bore a striking resemblance to the picture of the mockturtle in "Alice m Wonderland" -- a fact which had been pointed out by Miss Victoria Flint.

    Mr. Crewe's Career — Volume 2 Winston Churchill 1909

  • 'One mockturtle, clear; one oxtail; two glasses of port.'

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • 'One mockturtle, clear; one oxtail; two glasses of port.'

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property John Galsworthy 1900

  • 'One mockturtle, clear; one oxtail; two glasses of port.'

    The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

  • Hot mockturtle vapour and steam of newbaked jampuffs rolypoly poured out from Harrison’s.

    Ulysses 2003

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