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behind it tip of lower jaw
Bill with culmen nearly as long as the head, or shorter; straight to near the tip, then suddenly bent down into a conspicuous hook, with a notch behind it; tip of lower jaw also notched.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

back into the old life just
"Yes," continued this lost soul, "my father, who is a State senator, sent him to boarding school and tried to do everything for him, but he drifted back into the old life just as soon as he could.
— from Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit by Thorne Smith

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