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Examples
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Nets were pegged down; there was much talk of bolt holes between the keeper and the rustic shockhead working on different sides of the bank, and M. and the dog Spider had vision and thought for nothing but the open holes they guarded.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
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'Dornna del Ciel!' came the cries from below; but 'Lady Virgin!' growled a shockhead from Bocton-under-Bleane, and pulled his King bodily off the ladder.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892
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Tall he was above the stature of most men; awful of aspect, and his eyes glittered from his dark brown face amidst of his shockhead of the colour of rain-spoilt hay.
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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"Am I to go over with the books now, sir?" said a wild-looking shockhead appearing within the door.
Charles O'Malley — Volume 2 Charles James Lever 1839
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