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Examples
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Yash, maybe is teh kitteh tath swawloled teh canari?
Monorail cat. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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If it isnt a primal jersey maybe it is a canari so that you can proudly display your brew of choice.
Epic-curious: Riding Long and Hard BikeSnobNYC 2009
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At initiation, for example, the ti bon ange may be extracted from the body and housed in a canari, a clay jar that is placed in the inner sanctum of the hounfour.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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And even if the individual does survive life, he is still at risk in death, for with the demise of the corps cadavre the houngan must break the canari so that the ti bon ange may return to hover about the body for seven days.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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Though it is difficult to kill the one whose ti bon ange has been placed in a canari, if the magic used against the individual is strong enough, the resulting misery may be so great that he will ask the houngan to release the soul that he might end his ordeal.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
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The native flora is rich, and teak, ebony and canari trees are especially abundant; the fauna, which is similarly varied, includes the babirusa, which occurs in this island only of the Moluccas.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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The nutmegs are grown, in accordance with natural conditions, under the shade of other trees, usually the _canari_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The moment she got home, she made a fire, and put her _canari_
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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While Cyrillia is busy with her _canari_, she talks to herself or sings.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Lhè y rivé àcaïe y limé difè: y metté canari épi dleau assous difé-a; épi y cassé toutt piment-là et metté yo adans canari-à assous diré.
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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