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Reminds me of a Rhodesian ridge-back but with the lower jaw of something like a Stork or pelican.
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She caught hold of the tail and climbed up to the top, where the ridge-back widened so that she could bestride it comfortably.
Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995
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She caught hold of the tail and climbed up to the top, where the ridge-back widened so that she could bestride it comfortably.
Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995
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From the southern end of the village a road curved up the far side of the valley till it reached the ridge-back to the south of the castle: this ridge-back it ascended by a series of hairpin bends, the last of which led to the great doors guarding the forecourt at the back of the castle.
Where Eagles Dare MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1967
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A single rusty tower, with toy-battlements, pins down along ridge-back, evidently borrowed from a barn; the light yellow-wash is mildewed and weather-stained, and the windows show unseemly holes.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Senator Kroger picked up the neighbour's dog to save it from further attacks from her own pets, a Rottweiler and an "RSPCA special" Rhodesian ridge-back cross, which she tried to pacify with her shoes.
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Senator Kroger picked up the neighbour's dog to save it from further attacks from her own pets, a Rottweiler and an "RSPCA special" Rhodesian ridge-back cross, which she tried to pacify with her shoes.
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Senator Kroger picked up the neighbour's dog to save it from further attacks from her own pets, a Rottweiler and an "RSPCA special" Rhodesian ridge-back cross, which she tried to pacify with her shoes.
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