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Other boys brought the coffin, a grotesque patchwork of packing-cases, and under his directions they laid Hughie Drummond in it.
Chapter 3 2010
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He sent for a boss-boy and ordered a grave to be dug, also some of the packing-cases to be knocked together into a coffin.
Chapter 3 2010
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Only by the tunnel mouth where I lay were there signs of human occupation: a rough stone fireplace and utensils, palliasses and camp-beds, plain chairs and table, a couple of packing-cases, and a litter of stores and gear.
Watershed 2010
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Round about the camp a number of objects had collected in a short time, such as packing-cases, building materials, empty sledges, etc., and to steer clear of these was the great problem of the morning.
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It was a very homely place, in a village of one narrow zigzag street, among mountains, and you went in at the main door through the cow-house, and among the mules and the dogs and the fowls, before ascending a great bare staircase to the rooms; which were all of unpainted wood, without plastering or papering, — like rough packing-cases.
The Holly-Tree 2007
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“China, the latest arrival,” wrote one reporter, “has a small mountain of packing-cases on her territory.”
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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These comparatively recent presents were put down, pell-mell, among chests of tea, bags of coffee, and packing-cases of every shape.
Gobseck 2007
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These comparatively recent presents were put down, pell-mell, among chests of tea, bags of coffee, and packing-cases of every shape.
Gobseck 2007
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It was a very homely place, in a village of one narrow zigzag street, among mountains, and you went in at the main door through the cow-house, and among the mules and the dogs and the fowls, before ascending a great bare staircase to the rooms; which were all of unpainted wood, without plastering or papering, — like rough packing-cases.
The Holly-Tree 2007
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Sealed packing-cases went north and east and west to various pantechnicons, and the engines were boxed with peculiar care.
The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
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