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  • The expert is immediately justified in believing that it's a pink-spotted flycatcher but the novice isn't; the latter just jumps to this conclusion out of excitement.

    Reliabilism Goldman, Alvin 2008

  • The expert presumably connects selected features of his current visual experience to things stored in memory about pink-spotted flycatchers, securing an appropriate

    Reliabilism Goldman, Alvin 2008

  • So some inspired individual wanting to portray Hitler in his pink-spotted undershorts plotting world domination would have gone to prison.

    In case you're interested ... Frank Wilson 2006

  • Black spots decorated an arched green cat with a pink-spotted muzzle and wide golden eyes circled in black.

    Death on the River Walk Hart, Carolyn 1999

  • To-day she wore a pink-spotted muslin dress and a straw hat, with pink ribbon.

    The Limit Ada Leverson 1897

  • Sometimes they leapt clear of it, exposing their silver bellies, pink-spotted sides, and the olive-green of their backs.

    The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891

  • Emily Rand, whose blue eyes and yellow ringlets confused my lessons, (I am not certain but her pink-spotted calico frock had something to do with it,) treated me scornfully, and even scratched my face when it was my turn to kiss her in playing “Love and War.”

    John Godfrey's fortunes, related by himself 1864

  • Molly had tied a knot on her pink-spotted handkerchief for each of the various purchases she had to make; dull but important articles needed for the week's consumption at home; if she forgot any one of them she knew she was sure of a good 'rating' from her mother.

    Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

  • Molly had tied a knot on her pink-spotted handkerchief for each of the various purchases she had to make; dull but important articles needed for the week's consumption at home; if she forgot any one of them she knew she was sure of a good 'rating' from her mother.

    Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 1 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

  • The photo shows him wearing the pink-spotted one-piece pyjama suit, from Primark - the bargain high street clothing chain - in the airline's first class cabin.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

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