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John Bellew remonstrated when he saw Kit arise with a hundred pounds in the straps and pick up a fifty-pound sack of flour and place it on top of the pack against the back of his neck.

THE TASTE OF THE MEAT 2010

Round and round he went, whirling and turning and reversing, trying to shake off the fifty-pound weight that dragged at his throat.

The Clinging Death 2010

Tom Lynch paid $10 at the sale for the vaguely basket-shaped fifty-pound hunk, which he believed was copper or bronze.

2009 March « Scavenging 2009

This lead to Ashley, whom I had poked fun at two weeks earlier for her over eagerness in preparing for this trip, carrying just her few well thought out necessities, while I needlessly heaved a fifty-pound pack over my shoulders.

Andrea R. Vaucher: Along for the Ride: Strangecation Goes Glamping Andrea R. Vaucher 2010

Tom Lynch paid $10 at the sale for the vaguely basket-shaped fifty-pound hunk, which he believed was copper or bronze.

Meteorite Lands at Rummage Sale « Scavenging 2009

Tom Lynch paid $10 at the sale for the vaguely basket-shaped fifty-pound hunk, which he believed was copper or bronze.

2009 March 12 « Scavenging 2009

Not being a member, I had to stab a fifty-pound note in the palm of the guard at the gate and pretend to be only shaking hands.

Hisham Matar | Embedded or The Silent Countenance of Suleiman al Dewani 2011

On the floor, a fifty-pound bag of sulfur beckoned, and I ripped it open and shoveled yellow dust into the vat.

Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

At eight o’clock that same night, I’m stumbling down Aibileen’s street as discreetly as one can carrying a fifty-pound Corona typewriter.

Excerpt: The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2009

This lead to Ashley, whom I had poked fun at two weeks earlier for her over eagerness in preparing for this trip, carrying just her few well thought out necessities, while I needlessly heaved a fifty-pound pack over my shoulders.

Andrea R. Vaucher: Along for the Ride: Strangecation Goes Glamping Andrea R. Vaucher 2010