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  • The Native then handed him separately, and with a decent interval between each supply, his washleather gloves, his thick stick, and his hat; which latter article the

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • And with a sigh but no words she took from her bag a long washleather pouch — it looked like a lean yellow ferret.

    A Haunted House, and other short stories 2004

  • Kat slipped them into a washleather pouch, and slipped the pouch between her breasts.

    The Shadow Of The Lion Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • With a loud exclamation, Rochaid ripped a washleather pouch from Padros 'coat pocket and upended it.

    The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998

  • When she got back to the room, Elayne had the gilded caskets on a blanket with the dark polished box holding the recovered ter'angreal and the washleather purse that held the seal.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • The black-and-white disc lay there, next to the washleather purse, in a dozen or more pieces, fitted back together as neatly as they could be.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • The washleather pouch holding the seal that she had stuffed in as far as it would go and had not touched since.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • The other things looked trifling by comparison; a small dark wooden box, polished but plain and uncarved, and a washleather purse lying flat and showing the impression of a disc inside.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • Mohammed Ali slid a hand into a fold of his robe and drew out a small, washleather bag.

    The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

  • _ As I looked at the imprint a little closer I grew certain that the hound's paws had been bound round with some soft material -- linen, calico, or washleather, for one of the coverings had come unloosed and I saw a distinct mark of claws.

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

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