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Examples
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The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, ‘It was a treacle-well.’
Alice in Wonderland 2003
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Hatter; ‘so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well — eh, stupid?’
Alice in Wonderland 2003
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The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said: "It was a treacle-well."
The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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"You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh stupid?"
The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education
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"You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh, stupid?"
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902
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The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, "It was a treacle-well."
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902
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The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, ` It was a treacle-well. '
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` You can draw water out of a water-well, 'said the Hatter; ` so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh, stupid?'
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Alice's Dormouse would have had the gratification of seeing a real treacle-well.
Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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"You can draw water out of a water-well," said the Hatter; "so I should think you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well -- eh, stupid?"
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