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Examples
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And travellers came and sent their water-drawer; and he let down his bucket.
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S: And there came travellers and they sent their water-drawer and he let down his bucket.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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The only other human being visible in the open air, besides the water-drawer, was La Roche, who, with a fur cap covering his head and ears, and leathern mittens on his hands, hewed and hacked the billets with which he purposed to replenish the fire for cooking the mid-day meal.
Ungava 1859
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Some travellers came that way and then dispatched their water-drawer who let his bucket down.
MuslimMatters.org 2010
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Finches were popular pets in Holland and the sub-title of the work 'Het Puttertje' means the little water-drawer.
Art Knowledge News 2009
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