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Examples
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He got out and moved to open the door for her, but she was already stepping out with the lunchbasket when he arrived.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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They stopped at the Major's quarters to pick up the lunchbasket the Major's housekeeper had packed on telephoned instructions.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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CHAPTER III ACROSS THE MOOR She slept a long time, and when she awakened Mrs. Medlock had bought a lunchbasket at one of the stations and they had some chicken and cold beef and bread and butter and some hot tea.
The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911
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She slept a long time, and when she awakened Mrs. Medlock had bought a lunchbasket at one of the stations and they had some chicken and cold beef and bread and butter and some hot tea.
The Secret Garden 1911
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Her thrift did not go to the point of enabling her to carry a lunchbasket.
The Song of the Lark Willa Sibert Cather 1910
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The rush of air past them made them hungry, so Cap'n Bill drew up the lunchbasket and held it so that
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Trot seized the lunchbasket and ran to the house, where she found her mother busy in the kitchen.
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They now packed the lunchbasket with the remains of the feast, for they knew a long journey was before them and feared they might be hungry before they landed again.
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She slept a long time, and when she awakened Mrs. Medlock had bought a lunchbasket at one of the stations and they had some chicken and cold beef and bread and butter and some hot tea.
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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When you were a schoolboy, you stowed these away in your pockets, and ate them along the road and at recess, and again at noontime; and they, in a measure, corrected the effects of the cake and pie with which your indulgent mother filled your lunchbasket.
Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879
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