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strout
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set the rest of us to hunting
Nor was she mistaken in this surmisal, for the instant the boy's eyes unclosed in response to Susie's energetic shaking, he demanded, "Does Tabitha—know where I am?" "She wouldn't have set the rest of us to hunting if she had, would she?" "Well, 'tain't necessary for you to tell her I was asleep. — from Tabitha's Vacation by Ruth Brown MacArthur
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shows you passages from notable books where your word is accidentally (or perhaps deliberately?)
spelled out by the first letters of consecutive words.
Why would you care to know such a thing? It's not entirely clear to us, either, but
it's fun to explore! What's the longest hidden word you can find? Where is your name hiding?