Thesaurus / whole nine yards
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You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATININow, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLIn nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSBut Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANAll changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANThe plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINThen Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANM'Bongo and his whole court are now clothed, I am happy to say, at least to a certain extent.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWe were now masters of the whole country, and the war was apparently at an end.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSHad not this Indian plant been discovered, the whole history of some portions of America would have been far different.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.WORDS RELATED TO WHOLE NINE YARDS
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