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  • He stared at Mr. Fotheringay and, in a very gingerly manner, picked up the tobacco-jar, examined it, replaced it on the table.

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles Herbert George 2003

  • He knitted his brows, pointed to the tobacco-jar and said:

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles Herbert George 2003

  • “I expect you will want your pipe in a bit,” he said, and restored the tobacco-jar.

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles Herbert George 2003

  • Mr. Maydig listened intently, the tobacco-jar in his hand, and his bearing changed also with the course of the narrative.

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles Herbert George 2003

  • "Did I iver tell ye," asked ex-Sergeant O'Reilly, filling his pipe from my tobacco-jar, "about the red wine?"

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 Various

  • He pushed the tobacco-jar forward; no St. Angé man ever travelled without his own pipe.

    Joyce of the North Woods

  • Chrysantheme squats like a gipsy before a certain square box, made of red wood, which contains a little tobacco-jar, a little porcelain stove full of hot embers, and finally a little bamboo pot serving at the same time as ash-tray and cuspidor.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • "Popsey," he called out to his daughter, when he was inside, "bring me the decanter of whisky, some cold water, my tobacco-jar and a new churchwarden into the office; and don't let me be disturbed by anyone for four hours."

    The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 Various

  • Following her glance, he saw the fragments of a fancy Mexican tobacco-jar, which he had shown to her only the day before.

    Peggy-Alone Mary Agnes Byrne

  • Here was his pipe and tobacco-jar, just as he left them in the morning, it being his habit to take a whiff there after breakfast prior to shouldering his oars, which he always brought back to the cottage of a night for safety's sake, and starting off to his wherry for the day.

    Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

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