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  • Double doors of copper-bound ash stood open, though the view of the antechamber was still blocked by house banners shifting uneasily in the breeze.

    A Shadow in Summer 2006

  • Through a smarting mist she saw Yasala dart across the room, fling back a bolt, throw open the copper-bound door and run down the hall.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Through a smarting mist she saw Yasala dart across the room, fling back a bolt, throw open the copper-bound door and run down the hall.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Inscribed somewhere within its copper-bound pages was the key to eternal life.

    Conan The Hunter Moore, Sean A. 1994

  • Through a smarting mist she saw Yasala dart across the room, fling back a bolt, throw open the copper-bound door and run down the hall.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • ` That one '- pointing to a copper-bound door opposite that which opened into the corridor - ` leads to a corridor which runs to a stair that descends into the catacombs.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • Through a smarting mist she saw Yasala dart across the room, fling back a bolt, throw open the copper-bound door and run down the hall.

    Red Nails Howard, Robert E. 1975

  • Advancing on swift feet, he lifted his copper-bound cudgel.

    Conan Of The Isles De Camp, L. Sprague 1968

  • The next instant the sharp, copper-bound nose of the tug struck the rowboat fairly amidships, grinding it against the steel side of the freighter, crushing it into matchwood.

    Dan Merrithew Lawrence Perry 1914

  • Still, he would not be satisfied till he was sure that our stores were safe, and, before he could be persuaded to lie down, insisted upon being supported to a vault with copper-bound doors, which the officers opened, revealing the packages that had been taken from the camels.

    Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890

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