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I saw the students in their gownds and capps, and rode over to the famous Newmarket Heath, where there happened to be some races — my friend Lord Marchs horse Marrowbones by Cleaver coming off winner of a large steak.
The Virginians 2006
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Dinner, enough and to spare, being a dish of Marrowbones, a legg of
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Marrowbones by Cleaver coming off winner of a large steak.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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