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  • I have a soft spot for timber venetians as they suit all decors, are easy to clean (just dust) and though a little dearer, will never need replacing (smile).

    Creating A Feeling of Home 2007

  • July 27, 2006 at 06: 33 PM glad to see the fact that italy won by playing dirty didn't keep the venetians from celebrating!

    After The World Cup 2006

  • Peeping through the lowered venetians of yesteryear (recollection as a species of voyeurism is very Ishiguro), the retrovert is privy to a series of partial visions that eventually reveal a life guided by calamitous misapprehension on his part.

    New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2005

  • The money could go towards renovating the housing of the older venetians.

    50 Euro Fine for Torsonudismo 2005

  • Peeping through the lowered venetians of yesteryear (recollection as a species of voyeurism is very Ishiguro), the retrovert is privy to a series of partial visions that eventually reveal a life guided by calamitous misapprehension on his part.

    New Fiction Joseph O'Neil 2005

  • I raised the venetians with some difficulty, they appeared not to have been lifted for a long time.

    Archive 2005-09-01 2005

  • I raised the venetians with some difficulty, they appeared not to have been lifted for a long time.

    What I cooked last night. 2005

  • The windows of his new room were fitted with green venetians; round the verandah-posts twined respectively a banksia and a Japanese honey-suckle, which further damped the glare; while on the patch of buffalo-grass in front stood a spreading fig-tree, that leafed well and threw a fine shade.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • Later on there were bars to count, formed by unevenness in the slats of the venetians, and falling golden on the whitewashed walls.

    Ultima Thule 2003

  • The leaves rustling in the garden, each fresh flap of the venetians startled her afresh; and in spite of the long, tiring journey, and the arduous days that had preceded it, she could not compose herself to sleep.

    Ultima Thule 2003

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  • A.k.a. venetian blinds.

    November 30, 2007