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  • They are slovenly, and the lower classes extremely dirty; the market-women, in their white flannel peaked hoods of a hideous form, or their handkerchiefs loosely tied, without grace and merely for warmth, have in the cold season a very unpicturesque appearance, and the shrill shrieking voices of those who scream hot chesnuts to sell about the streets, uttering their piercing cry of "_tou cai, tou cai_!" [

    Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre Louisa Stuart Costello 1834

  • As in other parts of the country, village customs dictate the groom's family pay the bride's family a set amount -- known as cai li

    It's Cold Cash, Not Cold Feet, 2009

  • At that time the police included filming and taking pictures in their definition of 'cai fang.'

    Thestar.com - Home Page Bill Schiller 2011

  • At that time the police included filming and taking pictures in their definition of 'cai fang.'

    Thestar.com - Home Page Bill Schiller 2011

  • As in other parts of the country, village customs dictate the groom's family pay the bride's family a set amount -- known as cai li -- while the bride furnishes a dowry of mostly simple household items.

    WSJ.com: What's News US 2009

  • Meanwhile, the highly stylized gestures of Vietnam's traditional theatrical genres such as cai luong, tuong and cheo are falling out of style with modern audiences and seem inappropriate for contemporary musical films in Vietnam.

    unknown title 2009

  • SIDNEY MOSSexcellent counter arguments cai U print out on ly the myths aND ANSWERS, NOT THE COMMENTS?

    Wonk Room » Fact-Checking Karl Rove’s Attacks Against The Public Option 2009

  • Todo a falácia da democracia racial cai por terra frente a casos como este – e poderíamos listar tantos outros que ganharam repercussão e depois foram esquecidos, na maioria das vezes marcados pela impunidade.

    Global Voices in English » Brazil: Can black people drive luxury cars? 2009

  • He lays it on thick after, by telling JLo "I know you cain't tell, but I am a quarter Puerto Rican," and that rings her chimes.

    'American Idol' 2011: Top 24 survive the Trail of Tears 2011

  • She agreed, with one proviso: cai li of 38,000 yuan, or roughly five years 'worth of farm income.

    Boing Boing 2009

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