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Or at least Mariah Carey strumming acoustic guitar and singing about the wagoner's lad who broke her heart.
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A wagoner's ox lowed a nervous challenge from the adjacent cattle pen.
Lord of the Isles 1997
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These were simple and had been earlier taken from the wagoner's bench, part of the loot which my master had divided between himself and Mirus.
Dancer Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1986
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He had not thought there was any danger in disobeying the doctor's instructions, and yet here was the gig smashed up and the wagoner's horses injured irreparably, one poor brute having to be shot afterwards; besides which he did not know what had become of the runaway animal.
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Thereupon he complying with the wagoner's request, they walked together to a considerable distance, and there stopping talked to each other very earnestly for some time.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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One does not break one's teeth on it as over the _torone, _ which is only to be cajoled into masticability by prolonged suction, and often not then; but the teeth sink into it as the wagoner's wheels into clayey mire, and every now and then receive a shock, as from sunken rocks, from the raisin-stones, indurated almonds, pistachio-nuts, and pine-seeds, which startle the ignorant and innocent eater with frightful doubts.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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Here was a truly picturesque situation after Borrow's own taste, and, no doubt with a joyful heart, he paid Slingsby five pounds ten shillings for his tinker's outfit, bought a wagoner's frock from the landlady, and felt ready enough to encounter the dreaded "Black Jack."
Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913 James Hooper
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A good-tempered wagoner's patience has limits, and Tim was not to be urged further.
Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know Asa Don Dickinson 1918
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Nay, my dear, it was actually at Sherrington, when the wagoner's wife (for the man himself was not at home) croaked out her abominable No! yet she examined the bill of lading, but either did it so carelessly, or as poor Dick Madan used to say, with such an ignorant eye, that my name escaped her.
Selected English Letters Various 1913
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Our wagons had gone ahead, and when I arrived at their camping place, I sat down on a bucket at one of the wagoner's fire to warm, fell asleep, and stayed on my bucket until morning!
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