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be lowered and real good hand
So boats would be lowered, and real good hand-line sport enjoyed.
— from Courage, True Hearts: Sailing in Search of Fortune by Gordon Stables

built like a Roman gladiator he
He is built like a Roman gladiator, he rides the black horse as though he had been sculptured on it, and his head has a set that makes one feel he has a mind of his own.
— from 'Firebrand' Trevison by Charles Alden Seltzer

be large and rough give him
For this service, if rendered by a boy, a shilling is a sufficient recompense, and you may depart at your leisure; but if it be done by a man, especially if he be large and rough, give him half a crown, and stand not on the order of your going.
— from Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by James Edmund Vincent

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