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On trestles in the middle of the room stood the coffin; in a box-bed to one side of the hearth an old woman in a white mutch or cap sat up against pillows; on the farther side of the hearth sat an untidy, foolish-faced girl who peeled potatoes with an uncanny disconcern.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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Spain before their marriage, and since the seal of his approval has been given to it by Edward VII. of England (to the great disconcern of the Riviera hotel-keepers), it bids fair to become even more popular.
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To our disconcern, the church was closed due to a mass, so we just went for a walk around its walls.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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The policy of disconcern with the looming humanitarian crisis is in sharp contrast to the Jaffana airlift undertaken by India.
American Chronicle 2008
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