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howk .
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They were boxes slung beneath houk logs, whose interior expansion on heating turned them buoyant in the air.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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They were boxes slung beneath houk logs, whose interior expansion on heating turned them buoyant in the air.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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(Sweet fruits are sair to gather) "That they houk the turf to the seaward hand?"
Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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I was standing by when three young lads took shools, and, lifting up the truff, proceeded to houk down to the coffin, wherein they had laid the grey hairs of their mother.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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I was standing by when three young lads took shools, and, lifting up the truff, proceeded to houk down to the coffin, wherein they had laid the grey hairs of their mother.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Korea Women s 3000m relay Vancouver Olympic 2010 (part 1) vudu kenzie houk bleach 391 english
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The entire stretch of Alimuddin Street was covered with red flags, festoons and banners with slogans and excerpts of Rabindranath Tagore's compositions like 'tomari houk joy' (may victory be yours) printed on them, as common people and cadres formed human chains on both sides of the road.
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I hae mair ado than I can manage the day, foreby ganging to houk up hunder-year-auld-banes. "
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg 1802
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