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The characters in The Crimson Petal and the White live under the shroud of considerable misinformation, including Doctor Curlew's inability to diagnose Agnes's brain tumor and Sugar's rudimentary birth-control methods.
The Crimson Petal and The White by Michel Faber: Questions 2002
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Only the night before she and her uncle had figured out the _Curlew's_ course homeward-bound from her last port of call.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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This wasn't far to the westward of Fayal -- in mebbe somewhere near the same spot where that Portugee fisherman reports pickin 'up the _Curlew's_ boat.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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The storekeeper had got up and pulled a stout-armed member of the _Curlew's_ crew into his place.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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"So she be," was the answer; "but the Curlew's overhauling her this time."
The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories Nicholas Carter
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The life-savers brought Cap'n Abe, the storekeeper, back from the wreck, the last survivor of the _Curlew's_ crew.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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A gentle breeze from the Northeast came singing through the ropes; and we smiled up hopefully at the Curlew's leaning masts.
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1916
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With her nerves frayed raw by two nights of sleepless vigil and the memory of the _Curlew's_ disabled motor rankling within her, Dickie Lang brushed by a group of men and confronted a bullet-headed man in a loose gray sweater.
El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914
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Dodging among the retreating fishermen he grazed the _Curlew's_ hull and plunged into the open space.
El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914
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Turning to the fishermen she rapidly related the incident of the finding of the emery-dust in the _Curlew's_ motor.
El Diablo Brayton Norton 1914
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