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mosquito-netting

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  • There was the mosquito-netting, sold for a song, that the cleverest Fitu-Ivan net-weaver could not duplicate in a thousand years.

    THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN 2010

  • But the home-coming was not all joy to him, for Joan set about nursing Tudor, and spent much time on the veranda where he lay in the hammock under the mosquito-netting.

    Chapter 25 2010

  • The hands were now a woman's hands, and Sheldon grinned to himself as his fancy suggested that some night he must lie outside the mosquito-netting in order to have Joan apply soothing fomentations in the morning.

    Chapter 24 2010

  • We'd better put him in your room under the mosquito-netting, and send a boat off to tell Dr. Welshmere to bring his instruments.

    Chapter 28 2010

  • And lucky for us * snark* ae. aegypti are diurnal, which means they are around day and night so I predict the next eco fashion trend to involve a fresh new choice in fabric, mosquito-netting.

    George Spyros: 350 Is The Most Important Number of Your Lifetime 2008

  • The darkness, alive with insects, beat in upon the mosquito-netting, beneath the shelter of which Anthony was trying to write a letter.

    The Beautiful and Damned 2003

  • Here, beneath a square of mosquito-netting, the mountain of feather-bed sloping steeply up over him, Peterle, alone and unaided, fought his tiny, blind, unknowing way towards the great dark ....

    Two Tales of Old Strasbourg 2003

  • Anthony swept aside the mosquito-netting and stood up.

    The Beautiful and Damned 2003

  • She never used mosquito-netting, which is considered to be indispensable for the security of health in the tropics.

    Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

  • When these pieces of glass are placed together, face to face, the parallel lines ruled on them intersect each other at right angles, giving a very fine "mosquito-netting" effect.

    The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Various

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