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  • situation. 1889, Edward L. Wilson, “From Sinai to Shechem,”, in The Century Magazine, volume 37, page 208: Many of its streets are cavern-like, for they...
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  • Indian Empire. 1912, W. W. Dyar, “The Colossal Bridges of Utah”, in The Century Magazine, volume 46, page 510, quoted in Seventeenth Annual Report, 1912,...
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  • (intransitive, dated or dialect) To walk or move rapidly. 1845, The Century Magazine‎[4], volume 48, page 41: He turned and blundered out of the house...
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  • California”, in Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, editors, The Century Magazine, volume XLI, number 1, Scribner & Company, page 106: Many passengers...
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  • Poteet's: A Sketch of the Hog Mountain Range, in Two Parts: Part II”, in The Century Magazine, volume XXVI, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, page...
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  • or luxurious nature. 1884, Henry James, "A New England Winter" in The Century Magazine 28 (4–5) (August–September 1884). "This was absurd for a person who...
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  • déjeûner and dinner. 1884, Henry James, "A New England Winter" in The Century Magazine 28 (4–5) (August–September 1884). The fleshpots were full, under...
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