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  • She could hear the _tinkle-tankle_ of the Piper's pipes, the scuff of Puffy's paws, the labored breathing of the little old gentleman as he trudged, the heavy tramp, tramp of the Policeman.

    The Poor Little Rich Girl Eleanor Gates 1913

  • I could hear the tinkle-tankle of a cow-bell somewhere among the spruces by which the pasture was being walked over and forested from every side; it was likely to be called the wood lot before long, but the field was unmolested.

    Along Shore 1910

  • I could hear the tinkle-tankle of a cow-bell somewhere among the spruces by which the pasture was being walked over and forested from every side; it was likely to be called the wood lot before long, but the field was unmolested.

    The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

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