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His songs are more rickety than rocking, bluesy front-porch shuffles that have more in common with the deranged roots-punk of the Gibson Bros. than most amped-up garage acts.
Really quick spins: Garage rock edition with John Wesley Coleman, Limes, Spider Bags, Last Year's Men and the Parting Gifts David Malitz 2010
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In this case, the front-porch interview isn't going very far; she just doesn't know that much about the man.
'Can You Tell Me a Little About Your Ex-Husband?' Michael Rejebian 2012
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Their faces relaxed again, the smaller Miss Moses's into her sweet front-porch smile, the larger's into her own, which I decided was indeed just a little bit smug.
"The Misses Moses," from my collection Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives (Norton 2010) Brad Watson 2010
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“I was seven, and I remember sitting on the front-porch steps that whole last night, covering my ears to block out his screaming.”
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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He would have walked me to my front door and then kissed me under the front-porch light.
mostly good girls Leila Sales 2010
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Nashville's planning code allows home-based businesses as long as no customers come to the house — a rule that is causing problems for front-porch barbers and others.
Rise in Home-Based Businesses Tests Neighborliness Jennifer Levitz 2010
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Nashville's planning code allows home-based businesses as long as no customers come to the house — a rule that is causing problems for front-porch barbers and others.
Rise in Home-Based Businesses Tests Neighborliness Jennifer Levitz 2010
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“I was seven, and I remember sitting on the front-porch steps that whole last night, covering my ears to block out his screaming.”
Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010
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Well, you might think it's distinctly American, maybe a front-porch performance at the foot of the Appalachians.
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Cee Cee steered them to the concrete front-porch steps, where they sat close to but separated from the loud group gathered in the drive.
Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010
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