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Examples
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The darkness, alive with insects, beat in upon the mosquito-netting, beneath the shelter of which Anthony was trying to write a letter.
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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 ....
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Anthony swept aside the mosquito-netting and stood up.
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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
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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.
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