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Examples

  • You demonstrate your argument with spoon and a pepper-pot.

    Telling Them So Jan Morris 2011

  • You demonstrate your argument with spoon and a pepper-pot.

    The Art of 'I Told You So' Jan Morris 2011

  • So what is MediaNews Group's plan to prosper in the salty, pepper-pot digital age?

    Michael Conniff: Con Games: Singleton's ShamWow Strategy 2010

  • You demonstrate your argument with spoon and a pepper-pot.

    'I Told You So' 2008

  • In his Hannibal courtroom, a small space on Bird Street, he once subdued a plaintiff with a mallet blow to the head after the man had fired off a pepper-pot revolver.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • Soon a sort of cylindrical box, in shape like a pepper-pot, with

    The Mysterious Island 2005

  • Soon a sort of cylindrical box, in shape like a pepper-pot, with

    The Mysterious Island 2005

  • In his Hannibal courtroom, a small space on Bird Street, he once subdued a plaintiff with a mallet blow to the head after the man had fired off a pepper-pot revolver.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • “And the moon was rising over a dark moor,” Sara murmured, touching a pepper-pot.

    The Years 2004

  • And to the amazement of the two men he took a pepper-pot out of his waistcoat pocket and put it on the table.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

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