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He called the balks "minor league stuff" he "shouldn't be doing here."

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[8] The balks are the banks dividing the fields of different owners or crops.

Reminiscences of Tolstoy 1914

[8] The balks are the banks dividing the fields of different owners or crops.

Reminiscences of Tolstoy Tolstoy, Ilya, graf 1914

The soil should be broken deep and well -- all of the land should be broken, leaving no "balks" or unbroken places.

Tobacco Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. Crop Book Dept. 1915

Many of the "balks" still remain on the hillsides where these old common lands existed, and the names of the fields bear witness to the prevalence of this old field system.

English Villages 1892

A part of me kind of balks at buying clothes from dudes who spit rhymes that objectify women.

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Ostrovsky is the dramatist; Gontcharof the novelist, author of "Oblomof"; Grigorovitch wrote tales about peasant life, and was the discoverer of Tchekhof's talent as a serious writer.] [Footnote 8: The balks are the banks dividing the fields of different owners or crops.

Reminiscences of Tolstoy Ilia Lvovich Tolstoi 1899

"balks" of unplowed turf divided each field into long parallel strips, which were usually forty rods or a furlong (furrow-long) in length, and from one to four rods wide.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

'balks', and at the end of a group of these strips was the 'headland' where the plough turned, the name being common to-day.

A Short History of English Agriculture 1893

Even though Michelle and Gary had a non-religious wedding, each wants their daughter to be brought up with their religious background -- Gary won't go to a baptism, Michelle balks at the thought of a bat mitzvah eh, so do I, but only because you have to wait so long to eat.

Una LaMarche: Pregnant in Heels Ep. 4: Bitches and Brises Una LaMarche 2011