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Flying Boats that Tony collapsed so quickly in the giddy-go-round.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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Tony Johnson was always unlucky with horses, from the days of the giddy-go-round onwards.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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It never even came near it, except the day after Tony had been so very sick with riding Bucephalus on the giddy-go-round.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906
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A man is bound, of course, to consider the indirect results of his action in a strike; but he is bound to consider that in a swing, or a giddy-go-round, or a smoking concert; in his wildest holiday or his most private conversation.
A Miscellany of Men 1905
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"Let them be: they always go back to their giddy-go-round."
Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Romain Rolland 1905
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The thick, thunderous June airs brought us gusts of melody from a giddy-go-round steam-organ in full blast near the pond on the village green.
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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As the night wore on, the quick, giddy-go-round motion increased.
The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The proprietor of the giddy-go-round, swings, and cocoanut-shies wanted to know from whom, in this world or another, he could recover damages.
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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It never even came near it, except the day after Tony had been so very sick with riding Bucephalus in the giddy-go-round.
Jackanapes 1879
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Tony Johnson was always unlucky with horses, from the days of the giddy-go-round onwards.
Jackanapes 1879
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