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Quick, quick's the word, say I. [They follow Lysistrata into the Acropolis.]
Lysistrata 2000
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Come, dames, off with your tunics, and quick's the word; women must smell the smell of women in the throes of passion ....
Lysistrata 2000
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'Noo we maun galumph quick's may be oot o' this ill realm, 'grunted Hug
Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953
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Shove down our boat into the water, and I'll folly ye quick's ever I can! 'roared the old man.
The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys M. B. Manwell
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Come, dames, off tunics, and quick's the word; women must scent the savour of women in the throes of passion ....
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Onct he was up in a tree a-sawin 'out limbs and a little branch scratched him onto his head and he turned round quick's a wink, a-snarlin', and bit it right smack off.
The Fotygraft Album Shown to the New Neighbor by Rebecca Sparks Peters Aged Eleven Frank Wing
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Hopewell wants to send her back to Boston as quick's he can.
How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long
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"That's right, sharp's the word and quick's the motion; so we'd better be off," said the old sailor, taking his hat and stick which the housemaid, Sarah aforesaid, brought in from the hall.
Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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"An old woman, who got on and off at the last station quick's wink."
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
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Oh, Janoah must be told right away, Bob, quick's ever we can fetch it.
Flood Tide Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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