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Whiting swore, and struggled with him, but the mutineer - a big, black-moustached havildar with a Chillianwallah medal - threw him down and wrested his musket away.
Fiancée 2010
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A tall, broad-shouldered, powerful man, black-haired and black-moustached, with an arrogant beak of a nose, and a bearing truculent rather than conciliatory.
His Disposition 2010
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And historians have been at a loss to identify the black-moustached rider until now, since his appearance does not tally with that of any known officer of the 7th.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Holroyd, the big, black-moustached Lancastrian, was the first to come clumping up the steps, face sweating, knees mud-spattered.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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I looked at him now, the tall, black-moustached figure, magnificent as any Highland chieftain in his kilt, leaping high, kicking out his feet, toes pointed in the classical manner while Dierdre, tartan-sashed and graceful, glided expertly among the stumbling rookies.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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And historians have been at a loss to identify the black-moustached rider until now, since his appearance does not tally with that of any known officer of the 7th.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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And historians have been at a loss to identify the black-moustached rider until now, since his appearance does not tally with that of any known officer of the 7th.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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Whiting swore, and struggled with him, but the mutineer — a big, black-moustached havildar with a Chillianwallah medal — threw him down and wrested his musket away.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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Whiting swore, and struggled with him, but the mutineer - a big, black-moustached havildar with a Chillianwallah medal - threw him down and wrested his musket away.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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'I don't need rejuvenating,' croaked the black-moustached fireman hoarsely, scarcely able to control himself.
The Heart Of A Dog Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 1968
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