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  • It contained an inquiry after a diamond ring which had been wrapped up in a large brown paper parcel, with the name Durby written on it in pencil, and was lost many months before between

    The Iron Horse 1859

  • Yes, Kentukky Fryed Mantis is fur noms at teh Durby wehn u wares ur fansy hat an tehn u warsh it doun wif teh Mink Joo Lip.

    Praeing Mantis needz to prae harder - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Some of the best known races are the Kentucky Durby, The Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes.

    worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004

  • Some of the best known races are the Kentucky Durby, The Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes.

    Archive 2004-05-01 Andrew 2004

  • This year's Kentucky Durby has since gone on, but Horse racing is generally a year round event, with many races all over the US.

    worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004

  • This year's Kentucky Durby has since gone on, but Horse racing is generally a year round event, with many races all over the US.

    Archive 2004-05-01 Andrew 2004

  • Talk about yer Durby winners -- w'y this pisen little beast o 'mine'll take the bit in her teeth and show 'em the way to the horizon like she was takin' her mornin 'stroll and they was tryin' to keep an eye on her to see she didn't do herself an injury -- that's w'at she would!

    The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878

  • Durby sat drawn up into the remotest corner of the carriage, her face transfixed with horror, and a terrific yell bursting occasionally from her white lips.

    The Iron Horse 1859

  • While endeavouring, without much success, to fix his attention on a case of lost-luggage which it was his duty to investigate, and frowning as we have said, at the business-book, his eye was suddenly arrested by the name of "Durby."

    The Iron Horse 1859

  • She wrote on it in pencil the simple name -- Durby.

    The Iron Horse 1859

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