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Examples
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Viz hung upside down from a cross-pole, bemoaning his fate.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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The otters were half asleep themselves, while Viz emitted soft whistling snores from the cross-pole from which he hung.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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Hurriedly we unrolled our bucket-ropes, twined them together, and hung them freely down the middle of the well from a stout cross-pole, the sides being so tottery that the scrape of a rope might have dislodged their blocks.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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He led it into the meat house, quickly slit its throat, gutted it, sawed the head off, and hooked it, then a couple of the cowboys used the pulley to hoist it up to the cross-pole.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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He led it into the meat house, quickly slit its throat, gutted it, sawed the head off, and hooked it, then a couple of the cowboys used the pulley to hoist it up to the cross-pole.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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He led it into the meat house, quickly slit its throat, gutted it, sawed the head off, and hooked it, then a couple of the cowboys used the pulley to hoist it up to the cross-pole.
Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994
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B. led the horse into the corral and tied the reins to a cross-pole.
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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B. led the horse into the corral and tied the reins to a cross-pole.
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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B. led the horse into the corral and tied the reins to a cross-pole.
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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B. led the horse into the corral and tied the reins to a cross-pole.
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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