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It was a large black beetle with formidable jaws -- a "pinchbug," he called it.
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a large black beetle with formidable jaws -- a "pinchbug," he called it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. Mark Twain 1872
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He had but one marring thought; he was willing that the dog should play with his pinchbug, but he did not think it was upright in him to carry it off.
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He had but one marring thought; he was willing that the dog should play with his pinchbug, but he did not think it was upright in him to carry it off.
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He had but one marring thought; he was willing that the dog should play with his pinchbug, but he did not think it was upright in him to carry it off.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. Mark Twain 1872
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