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Examples
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And in them days they wa'n't ary a steamboat or ary a trading-post, and we cusses had to live offen salmon-bellies and rabbit-tracks.
Chapter III 2010
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But he crushed their aspirations with rough speech, peculiar for its strength and brevity, and bought a double supply of grub from the trading-post.
The Sun of the Wolf 2010
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But he crushed their aspirations with rough speech, peculiar for its strength and brevity, and bought a double supply of grub from the trading-post.
The Son of the Wolf 2010
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But he still yearned for the edge of things, and the leaven in his blood worked till they went away, and above the Dyea Beach, on the rim of the forest, built the big log trading-post.
CHAPTER 5 2010
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A town was a cluster of deer-skin lodges; a trading-post a seat of civilization; and a factor God Almighty Himself.
CHAPTER 5 2010
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You can shop online, of course, but it's more fun to experience the trading-post setup of the stores, with large glass canisters and rustic display shelves.
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For income, they turned to trading-post buckskins adorned with colorful beadwork and ceremonial headdresses, some of which are on display here.
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Instead, she finds herself attracted to Petrus (Tony Kgoroge), a black vegetable peddler who sells produce to Abraham's trading-post store.
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The protagonist tries on a variety of colorful careers — twelve-year-old trading-post operator, white chief of the Cherokees, Confederate colonel, U.S. senator — and pines for a lost love.
Cover to Cover 2006
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The protagonist tries on a variety of colorful careers — twelve-year-old trading-post operator, white chief of the Cherokees, Confederate colonel, U.S. senator — and pines for a lost love.
Cover to Cover 2006
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