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During the rest of the afternoon they walked along the beach, picked up shells, inspected "horse-foot" crabs, jelly fish and
Shavings Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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My foot-is a horse-foot; therewith do I trample and trot over stick and stone, in the fields up and down, and am bedevilled with delight in all fast racing.
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My foot -- is a horse-foot; therewith do I trample and trot over stick and stone, in the fields up and down, and am bedevilled with delight in all fast racing.
Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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It is vulgarly known as the king-crab, or horse-foot; to the latter it bears a striking similarity.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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Europe, such as the horse-foot crab, [49] the black skimmer, and the wild turkey, the latter two of which have long since ceased to visit this region.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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We don't give a clod of dung for you, horse-foot, or your flighty mare, but we don't want the Simurgh down on us, so we're leaving all winged man-faced horse-rears alone. "
Isle of View Anthony, Piers 1990
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