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Hendry stopped to have what he called a tove with any likely person he encountered, and, indeed, though he and I often took a walk on
A Window in Thrums 1898
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He may be misguided in thinking too highly of me too soon, but at least he is not afraid of the word tove, "she hurried on, realizing it would have been just like him to misinterpret her definition and begin arguing semantics.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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But for that punishment to apply, Millar would have had tove been on duty at the time he was killed.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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A slithy tove is a slithy tove, wherever you encounter it.
Jabberwocky Bas Bleu 2009
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But for that punishment to apply, Millar would have had tove been on duty at the time he was killed.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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A slithy tove is a slithy tove, wherever you encounter it.
Archive 2009-06-21 Bas Bleu 2009
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But for that punishment to apply, Millar would have had tove been on duty at the time he was killed.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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But for that punishment to apply, Millar would have had tove been on duty at the time he was killed.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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But for that punishment to apply, Millar would have had tove been on duty at the time he was killed.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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The arrogance of bringing this slithy tove back for political advantage is mind boggling.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
tjohn commented on the word tove
Tove – A combination of a badger, a lizard, and a corkscrew. They are very curious looking creatures which make their nests under sundials and eat only cheese. Pronounced so as to rhyme with groves. Note that "gyre and gimble," i.e. rotate and bore, is in reference to the toves being partly corkscrew by Humpty Dumpty's definitions.
July 15, 2009