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  • Rif took advantage of a back-turned Raf ... to stick out his tongue at the snobby bird — and not miss the chance to get in the last word:

    et patati et patata - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • One set of back-turned teens for the poster, yeah, I get it ….

    Teens in “trouble” « Awful Library Books 2010

  • Rif took advantage of a back-turned Raf ... to stick out his tongue at the snobby bird — and not miss the chance to get in the last word:

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Rif took advantage of a back-turned Raf... to stick out his tongue at the snobby bird—and not miss the chance to get in the last word: "And don"t forget Friday's fried potatoes in eggs or—as you'd have me say: "frih-tah-tahs"...

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Rif took advantage of a back-turned Raf... to stick out his tongue at the snobby bird—and not miss the chance to get in the last word: "And don"t forget Friday's fried potatoes in eggs or—as you'd have me say: "frih-tah-tahs"...

    et patati et patata - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • He rolls along the Palisades Parkway, the sun and breeze blowing through the window, around his ears, which protrude from the sides of his back-turned baseball cap.

    An Aging City Kid Learns to Drive Away From It All 1999

  •       In an instant, Jory stepped behind the man while his hands were still trapped under the man's back-turned wrists.

    The Saturn Game Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1981

  • And that was the origin of the back-turned, broad-brimmed hat that had such vogue before the arrival of the Gainsborough or picture hat.

    Stage Confidences Clara Morris

  • Only a shrug of the back-turned shoulders answered her.

    Dawn 1894

  • But perhaps of all the memory of that time, when it afterwards came back piece by piece, none was so clear to Myles's back-turned vision as the long night spent in the chapel, watching his armor, thinking such wonderful thoughts, and dreaming such wonderful wide-eyed dreams.

    Men of Iron 1891

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