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  • James Branch Cabell mentions a St. Undecimilla whose name gave rise to the legend of the eleven thousand virgins" for whom, by the way, the Virgin Islands were named-and say, couldn't a martini be called a vergin?

    The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984

  • I bringz de wader mellunz–wun vergin an wun wif bodka syrringed intu itseff!

    ROWR!!!! I’m a big - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • And wholehail, snaeffell, dreardrizzle or sleetshowers of blessing, where it froze in chalix eller swum in the vestry, with fairskin book and ruling rod, vein of my vergin page, her chastener ever

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • Maybe the kid'd never seen a dragon, so he didn't grasp pure threat when it was vergin 'on his throat.

    The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994

  • She's one of these nice, sweet, sensible lookin 'girls, almost vergin' on the old maid.

    Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907

  • The prominent numbers of the first act are the pathetic cavatina for Ricardo, "Ah! per sempre io ti perdei," in which he mourns the loss of Elvira; a lovely romanza for tenor ( "A te o cara"); a brilliant polacca ( "Son vergin vezzosa") for Elvira, which is one of the delights of all artists; and a concerted finale, brimming over with melody and closing with the stirring anathema chorus, "Non casa, non spiaggia."

    The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876

  • No colour 'young lady hab vergin affeckshun, to t'row 'em away on just whom her masser say.

    Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" James Fenimore Cooper 1820

  • Virginity and relationships I am a vergin and want to know how to have good sex.

    Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories 2008

  • Sorry, but if i understand correctly the last paragraph of your article regarding the tomatoes, # 3..the green one? well, i don’t know how romans do eat their tomatoes, but as you travel further down the boot, in particular Sicily the green tomatoes are mostly and mainly used for tomato salad in conjunction with scallions, tropea onions Bermuda onions vergin olive oil, lemon juice, touch of oregano, salt & pepper to taste.

    Discovering an Intense, Crunchy Tomato - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • It’s liek the vergin ov “Teh Odd Cupple,” where Felix an Oscar ar played by women.

    Shhhh! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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