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  • Two years later, one afternoon, more like a water-melon seed in configuration than ever, Ah Kim returned home from a meeting of the

    THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

  • Moon-faced, rotund as a water-melon seed, canny business man, wise with half a century of living -- nevertheless

    THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

  • For her part, Gauger does not recognize vegetable marrows, once a staple of the British table (alas), speculating that those shown in an illustration by Arthur Rackham could be "water-melon sized cucumbers or giant leeks."

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Short of stature, his full front was as rotund as a water-melon seed.

    THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

  • For her part, Gauger does not recognize vegetable marrows, once a staple of the British table (alas), speculating that those shown in an illustration by Arthur Rackham could be "water-melon sized cucumbers or giant leeks."

    Onion Sauce! Onion Sauce! 2009

  • Psalm91 — the whole push for this comes from the leftie “water-melon” environmentalists.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What’s in Waxman-Markey? 2009

  • In clear water, downsize to a ¼-ounce jig with a plastic crawtrailer in brown or water-melon [B].

    How to Catch Bass on Ledges Using Jigs 2006

  • Unlike Boris Johnson, whose reference to "picanninnies" and the "water-melon smiles" of black folk was NOT what you would normally expect from a Conservative MP.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • We were then able to eat a water-melon, and were soon sound asleep on our saddle-cloths in the open.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Last week one of them murdered a shopkeeper at Boulak, who refused to sell him a water-melon at a price which he, the soldier, fixed upon it.

    Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

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