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  • The soldiers carried their swords, and Black Simon bore a brown biscuit-bag over his shoulder.

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • The soldiers carried their swords, and Black Simon bore a brown biscuit-bag over his shoulder.

    Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Augusta laid her head against the biscuit-bag, and at last sank into blissful oblivion; for to the young, sleep is a constant friend.

    Mr. Meeson's Will Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • The major and Widgeon started off along the shore with a biscuit-bag to collect shell-fish, and at the muddy exit of a tiny stream came upon quite a swarm of little crabs, who challenged them to fight -- so Billy afterwards said -- by snapping their claws at them and flourishing them above their heads as they retreated to their holes.

    Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle George Manville Fenn 1870

  • "Soup the cook's getting ready; Dumlow, go and get the biscuit-bag."

    Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea George Manville Fenn 1870

  • "Here, give 's a drop o 'summat; I'm as dry inside as a biscuit-bag."

    Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea George Manville Fenn 1870

  • The duty that devolved upon O'Riley was to roast small steaks of the walrus, in which operation he was assisted by West, while Fred undertook to get out the biscuit-bag and pewter plates, and to infuse the coffee when the water should boil.

    The World of Ice 1859

  • The duty that devolved upon O'Riley was to roast small steaks of the walrus, in which operation he was assisted by West; while Fred undertook to get out the biscuit-bag and pewter plates, and to infuse the coffee when the water should boil.

    The World of Ice 1859

  • "Hooray!" cried Billy faintly, as he jumped up and went to the stern, where his father soon produced the biscuit-bag and measured out the two small portions.

    Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn 1859

  • I saw that if I left the biscuit-bag behind me, even for the shortest space of time, I might expect on my return to find every crumb gone out of it.

    The Boy Tar Mayne Reid 1850

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