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  • With these Alleyn was interested to find a sizable book with the title The Scaly Breed by Maurice Cartarette.

    Scales of Justice Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1955

  • Nathan prefers to be called Scaly Jim Chandler, the name he uses on the private-eye novels he writes.

    Archive 2009-02-22 Bill Crider 2009

  • Having discovered an interesting disease called Scaly Leg in the July number, I took the magazine out into the poultry-yard and identified the malady on three hens and a cock.

    The Diary of a Goose Girl Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • You might Google "What do Great Scaly Beasts like for a snack?" just in case.

    The End of the World: FAQs Peter Jeffrey 2011

  • Towards Cotehele, in the shade of beech and oak, primroses and violets remain fresh and the fronds of Golden Scaly Male ferns deck ledges of overgrown quarries.

    Country Diary: St Dominic, Tamar Valley 2011

  • Scaly terrorists threaten the world's water supply.

    THIS JUST IN 2009

  • Scaly grey on its back and collar, with brilliant white underparts and pitch black legs and bill – stout and blunt for a wader.

    Country diary: Holme Dunes, Norfolk 2011

  • With some Earth blokes, vs the Scaly Ones, and traitors.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • Here we say "I wouldn't presume to know the inside scoop, but the externally-available facts suggest that you might have Red Scaly flying around your castle walls right now."

    Liz Ryan: Job-Seeker, Assess Not Thyself 2010

  • Here we say "I wouldn't presume to know the inside scoop, but the externally-available facts suggest that you might have Red Scaly flying around your castle walls right now."

    Liz Ryan: Job-Seeker, Assess Not Thyself 2010

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