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knight a baron or by some
He shall be a knight, a baron; or by some false accusation, as they do to such as have the hiccup, to make them forget it.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

kiapa a bunch of bananas such
Then she produced from her “kiapa” a bunch, of bananas such as could be bought for a stick of tobacco, and put it on the verandah saying it was her return present for what had been done for her husband.
— from Papuan Pictures by H. M. Dauncey

kept at bay only by sheer
Kate had been through just such a stage of unhappiness herself, the reckless, desperate, defiant stage, when trouble is to be kept at bay only by sheer bravado.
— from Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

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