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  • Gabe slapped his thigh as if roaching for an imaginary gun and let out an exasperated sigh.

    Gabriel's Lady Seymour, Ana 1996

  • Instead of roaching it to just brush it down his forehead.

    From Slavery to Wealth The Life of Scott Bond The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance. Daniel Arthur 1917

  • He stopped roaching his Hair, and he didn't give the Arena of Politics any serious Consideration except when the

    More Fables George Ade 1905

  • The Black family could spot a Confederate veteran as far off as the front gate, and would rush wildly to meet him, rubbing and roaching and purring in and out of his old legs.

    A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler 1905

  • "Say, Jim," he began, when he ran that individual to earth in the stable, where, with a pair of sheep shears, he was roaching the mane of

    The Uphill Climb B. M. Bower 1905

  • The mule had no sooner recovered from his first fright at finding himself so unceremoniously mounted, than he made violent attempts by roaching his back, and kicking up, to unseat his rider.

    The Romance of the Civil War 1903

  • At the trot the back remains firm and level, without swaying, rolling or roaching.

    unknown title 2009

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