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  • Nevertheless, I got a clear enough impression of his alert, well-poised little figure, and of a hatchety little face, and a pair of shrewd little eyes, which (I thought) held a fine little conceit of his whole little person.

    The Guest of Quesnay Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Jack's "Hitchety! hatchety! up I go!" as he joyously mounted his beanstalk, in the old nursery story.

    Little Brothers of the Air Olive Thorne Miller 1874

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