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On a day, for example, like this (May 5th), when the road was more than usually mountainous, though that may have been an accident, my chairen was a "thickneck" and my two soldiers were "thicknecks."
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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To be a "thickneck" is no bar to marriage on either side.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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To be a "thickneck" is no bar to marriage on either side.
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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Their great merit is the absence of the "thickneck," goitre.
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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On a day, for example, like this (May 5th), when the road was more than usually mountainous, though that may have been an accident, my chairen was a "thickneck" and my two soldiers were "thicknecks."
An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891
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