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  • His mother wore a French-grey dress, with creamy lace made out of little scriggly roses, round her neck, which was browner than the lace.

    Awakening 2004

  • His mother wore a French-grey dress, with creamy lace made out of little scriggly roses, round her neck, which was browner than the lace.

    The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

  • French-grey dress, with creamy lace made out of little scriggly roses, round her neck, which was browner than the lace.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • His mother wore a French-grey dress, with creamy lace made out of little scriggly roses, round her neck, which was browner than the lace.

    The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening To Let John Galsworthy 1900

  • But, soundly as Tom Tallington slept, the scriggly legs of a beetle were rather too much when they began to work in his ear, and he started up and brushed the creature away, the investigating insect falling on the floor with a sharp rap.

    Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp George Manville Fenn 1870

  • He turned it over; on the back was written in a pointed, scriggly hand, "To my little friend.

    Beyond John Galsworthy 1900

  • He turned it over; on the back was written in a pointed, scriggly hand, "To my little friend.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

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