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The collection follows tawdry relationships from blow job to blow-fish sushi, with not one attempt to save the world from global warming.
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It was a little uncomfortable (I'm no good with taking compliments), but it did make me feel better after looking at photos that made me look like a blow-fish.
elephants Diary Entry elephants 2001
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Others were round like blow-fish, with their spickles at every angle, menacing in look.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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How I had chafed and longed for the wonders of town, and yet, now that I had seen more than my wildest dreams had ever deemed possible, my eyes had rested upon nothing which was so sweet and so restful as our own little sitting-room, with its terra-cotta - coloured walls, and those trifles which are so insignificant in themselves, and yet so rich in memories -- the blow-fish from the
Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Of all the fish in the world to eat, they ordered blow-fish testicles.
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Yet, could it be possible that politics is now operating in one traditional way: despite all the political blow-fish puffing themselves up on their words and declarations, despite politicos in both parties playing to their respective bases, could there be some quiiet behind-the-scenes progress?
The Moderate Voice 2009
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When was the last time anyone slept with a blow-fish or a dog?
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They eat dog penis and the blow-fish testicles because they believe that it make them perform better in bed.
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How I had chafed and longed for the wonders of town, and yet, now that I had seen more than my wildest dreams had ever deemed possible, my eyes had rested upon nothing which was so sweet and so restful as our own little sitting-room, with its terra-cotta - coloured walls, and those trifles which are so insignificant in themselves, and yet so rich in memories -- the blow-fish from the Moluccas, the narwhal's horn from the Arctic, and the picture of the Ca Ira, with Lord Hotham in chase!
Rodney stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896
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How I had chafed and longed for the wonders of town, and yet, now that I had seen more than my wildest dreams had ever deemed possible, my eyes had rested upon nothing which was so sweet and so restful as our own little sitting-room, with its terra-cotta - coloured walls, and those trifles which are so insignificant in themselves, and yet so rich in memories -- the blow-fish from the Moluccas, the narwhal's horn from the Arctic, and the picture of the Ca Ira, with Lord Hotham in chase!
Rodney Stone Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1896
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