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  • With a tight neck and— He cupped his work-roughened hands above his shoulders, maybe to indicate puffs of fabric.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • With a tight neck and— He cupped his work-roughened hands above his shoulders, maybe to indicate puffs of fabric.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • With a tight neck and— He cupped his work-roughened hands above his shoulders, maybe to indicate puffs of fabric.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • With a tight neck and— He cupped his work-roughened hands above his shoulders, maybe to indicate puffs of fabric.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • I trembled beneath the firm grip of her work-roughened fingers.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Megan Arkenberg 2009

  • I trembled beneath the firm grip of her work-roughened fingers.

    The Beast Megan Arkenberg 2009

  • Her work-roughened hands were blistered as she dug the rows and turned the earth; her back never stopped aching, as she put in beans and lettuces and turnips.

    The Rose Bride Nancy Holder 2007

  • Then he put the cards back in his pocket and looked at the small gathering of mostly simple, kind American folks, women with clipped grocery coupons in their purses and men with work-roughened hands.

    Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007

  • Her work-roughened hands were blistered as she dug the rows and turned the earth; her back never stopped aching, as she put in beans and lettuces and turnips.

    The Rose Bride Nancy Holder 2007

  • Men and women with white hair, lined faces and work-roughened hands.

    The birth of a movement to take back Kansas Diane Silver 2006

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