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Not to mention that whole Geneva Convention, treatyish, law of the landy sort of thing.
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Hold your nose and vote for what you know is right and give the party of no the boot. landy
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Early leaders during this period included lillian wald, amelia greenwald, naomi deutsch, Blanche Pfefferkorn, and regina kaplan. rae landy and rose kaplan were the first American nurses in Palestine as hadassah was being established.
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He also commented on a complete lack of other options, a quote of £100 000 for a knackered armoured landy comes to mind. and
CO19 - A Few Good Men « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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I has a theery dat da piramidz, dey iz landy sitez for giant zpashipz!
FASCINATING. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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"Oh, landy, banjo music suah am sweet!" cried an old white-wooled colored woman, with a jolly laugh.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Laura Lee Hope
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"My landy!" whispered Estralla, peering in from the balcony window.
Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter Alice Turner Curtis
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"Good landy, Samantha! do you want to scare me to death?" and Josiah quailed and shook, and shook and quailed.
Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician Marietta Holley 1881
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We have landy and the two rookie safties zibikowski and nakumora who I think will both be good players in a few years and a good special teams guys.
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Copyright: wedding dress, prom gown and bridesmaid dress by landy bridal
njross commented on the word landy
Used typically in 19th century euphemistic expressions in the US, an example being "Landy me!" meaning "Lord bless me!". In Sarah Orne Jewitt's short story "A Winter Courtship" we read '"Landy me!" exclaimed the affronted driver.' Similarly the word "Land" is commonly found to replace a basphemous "Lord" in expressions such as "Good Land!"
February 9, 2010