"yabbos" hidden in books

you a big bump of stubbornness

Some ancestor of yours gave you a big bump of stubbornness—for which you should look back to him with gratitude.
— from The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love by Susan Glaspell

you a beautiful box of soldiers

She gave you a beautiful box of soldiers on your birthday, and you must give her a present on hers.”
— from The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers by Saki

youngest a bright boy of seven

A few hours after, when the elder children were at school, the youngest, a bright boy of seven, came to her side and said: "Shall I get your wine, mamma?"
— from For John's Sake, and Other Stories. by Annie Frances Perram

years ago but being of sterling

Theirs is a telling motto: Dominus providebit (The Lord will provide) was on the crest of the Bentincks, and it befitted a family not too richly endowed with this world's goods according to the position of the Dutch nobility 250 years ago; but being of sterling qualities devoted to the cause they espoused, their descendants have met with their reward.
— from The Portland Peerage Romance by Charles J. Archard

years ago been buildings of some

The houses all round this sinister spot had apparently at one time, though many years ago, been buildings of some substance and importance.
— from The Socialist by Guy Thorne

you a big brother or somebody

"If you must go on with him," he said, "haven't you a big brother or somebody with nothing better to do than drop in, and," his eyes sought the clay head of Blizzard, "watch the good work go on?"
— from The Penalty by Gouverneur Morris

you and bein brought out slowly

Don't I know that the only cure for the bends is bein' put back in the 'air' in the medical lock, same as they did with you, and bein' brought out slowly?
— from The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

you are Benjamin Baker of Sunderland

"You can come in, if you are Benjamin Baker, of Sunderland."
— from A Boy's Fortune; Or, The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

yellow and brown blocks of stone

In the foreground of the picture before our eyes rose a massive minaret with a spacious gallery; and we admired the rambling design, composed of the admixture of yellow and brown blocks of stone, which varied the surface of the circular column of masonry.
— from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 2 of 2) The Turkish Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch

This tab, called Hiding in Plain Sight, 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?

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