Thornback

[p. 28.] called a Thornback, legs and claics like a Hawke, and in other respects as a woman-child.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

For weekends away the Canvas & Leather Weekender (£95.95) is not only the perfect size but also looks the part – complete the look with a set of Thornback & Peel Hankies (£14.95), printed with delightfully eccentric motifs of pigeons.

Archive 2009-03-01 Thatsnews 2009

For weekends away the Canvas & Leather Weekender (£95.95) is not only the perfect size but also looks the part – complete the look with a set of Thornback & Peel Hankies (£14.95), printed with delightfully eccentric motifs of pigeons.

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Harcourt, Caroline, with assistance from Jane Thornback.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Harcourt, Caroline, with assistance from Jane Thornback.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

On a slab of stone before him, four Thornback lizards were basking in the morning sun, warming their cold blood in preparation for the day's activities.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

The tongue of a single Thornback lashed out and caught one insect in midair, but it showed no interest in the others.

The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

Thornback Bay, to lecture the fishermen on fish and fisheries, and to astonish them all with the science of their art You will, no doubt, be curious to hear him.

Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825

Pantopragmatics, and they have bitten Lord Curryfin into tumbling with them; but the mania will subside when the weather grows cool; and no doubt we shall still have him at Thornback Bay, teaching the fishermen how to know a herring from a halibut.

Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825

The USS Thornback returned to Key West after four months of duty in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean.

KeysNews.com - 2008