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But ubbubboo! "said he, suddenly, as he looked again at the young girl," in the name of God, who have you here?
Celtic Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885
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Nothing of the kind; but a speech spoken in out-of-the - way desolate places, and in cut-throat kens, where thirty ruffians, at the sight of the king's minions, would spring up with brandished sticks and an "ubbubboo, like the blowing up of a powder-magazine."
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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Nothing of the kind; but a speech spoken in out-of-the - way desolate places, and in cut-throat kens, where thirty ruffians, at the sight of the king's minions, would spring up with brandished sticks and an 'ubbubboo like the blowing up of a powder-magazine.'
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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Nothing of the kind; but a speech spoken in out-of-the - way desolate places, and in cut-throat kens, where thirty ruffians, at the sight of the king's minions, would spring up with brandished sticks and an "ubbubboo, like the blowing up of a powder-magazine."
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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Nothing of the kind; but a speech spoken in out-of-the - way desolate places, and in cut-throat kens, where thirty ruffians, at the sight of the king's minions, would spring up with brandished sticks and an 'ubbubboo, like the blowing up of a powder-magazine.'
The Pocket George Borrow George Henry Borrow 1842
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Ah! we had a tough battle, I remember; the two fellows did nothing, but sat still, thinking it best to be quiet; but the rest, with an ubbubboo like the blowing up of a powder-magazine, sprang up, brandishing their sticks; for these fellows always carry sticks with them even to bed, and not unfrequently spring up in their sleep, striking left and right. '
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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Nothing of the kind; but a speech spoken in out-of-the - way desolate places, and in cut-throat kens, where thirty ruffians, at the sight of the king's minions, would spring up with brandished sticks and an "ubbubboo, like the blowing up of a powder-magazine".
Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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‘ubbubboo like the blowing up of a powder-magazine.’
Lavengro 2004
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Ah! we had a tough battle, I remember; the two fellows did nothing, but sat still, thinking it best to be quiet; but the rest, with an ubbubboo like the blowing up of a powder-magazine, sprang up, brandishing their sticks; for these fellows always carry sticks with them even to bed, and not unfrequently spring up in their sleep, striking left and right.’
Lavengro 2004
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Ah! we had a tough battle, I remember; the two fellows did nothing, but sat still, thinking it best to be quiet; but the rest, with an ubbubboo, like the blowing up of a powder-magazine, sprang up, brandishing their sticks; for these fellows always carry sticks with them even to bed, and not unfrequently spring up in their sleep, striking left and right. "
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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