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pictures with nuts and grated eggs
“Mrs. Effie, she gets up about nine of them pictures, with nuts and grated eggs and scrambled tomatoes all over ‘em, and nobody knowing what’s what, and even when you strike one that tastes good they’s only a dab of it and you mustn’t ask for any more.
— from Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

piano was naturally a great event
The arrival of the piano was naturally a great event in the school.
— from A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill

Price was not a guest either
Dan Price was not a guest either opening night at the social house.
— from Joyce's Investments: A Story for Girls by Fannie E. (Fannie Ellsworth) Newberry

Potch was not a good enough
She was amused at the idea of Mrs. Watty having forgiven her sufficiently to think that Potch was not a good enough match for her.
— from The Black Opal by Katharine Susannah Prichard

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