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  • I slipped these into the pocket made by my tucked-up skirt and set my foot again on the rock.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • “Having failed to mention it last night, may I take this opportunity to tell you that your legs are truly lovely?” he said, his voice pitched to her ears alone, his eyes sliding admiringly over her legs, one of which was on charming display from midthigh down as a result of her tucked-up skirt.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Judging by the time I imagine you're about to get tucked-up in bed with a rusty galvanised jug of Penfolds, a stack of Vegemite sandwiches and a Dame Edna look-a-like.

    Ruddles County Peter Ashley 2008

  • “Having failed to mention it last night, may I take this opportunity to tell you that your legs are truly lovely?” he said, his voice pitched to her ears alone, his eyes sliding admiringly over her legs, one of which was on charming display from midthigh down as a result of her tucked-up skirt.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • There is much to be enjoyed in the church at North Cerney, tucked-up against trees above the Cheltenham to Cirencester road.

    Spiritual Fire Peter Ashley 2007

  • There is much to be enjoyed in the church at North Cerney, tucked-up against trees above the Cheltenham to Cirencester road.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Peter Ashley 2007

  • The costume of an Amazonian crest and plume, a tucked-up vest, and a tight buskin of sky-blue silk, buckled with diamonds, reconciled Lady Binks to the part of Hippolyta.

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Pyetushkov came out of the back room in a parti-coloured smoking-jacket with tucked-up sleeves, and a strainer in his hand.

    A Desperate Character 2006

  • He was in the shirt-sleeves and tucked-up apron of his trade, and a pencil was thrust behind his inoffensive ear.

    Twelve Stories and a Dream, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006

  • A door creaked somewhere, and a long waiter jumped up from behind a low screen, and came forward with a quick flank movement, an apparition of a glossy back and tucked-up sleeves in the half-dark corridor.

    Rudin 2003

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