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Examples
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Atkinson lost his driving-stick, which was left standing in the snow and served to mark a place to be avoided.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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I missed the driving-stick but got on to the sledge with no hope of stopping them, and I was carried a mile to the south, leaving four boxes of dog-food, the weekly bag, cooker, and tent poles on the ground.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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In the old man's hands are the driving-stick and the guiding-ropes of the camel.
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She went to the byre door to get the driving-stick to lay on Crummie.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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Dimitri broke his driving-stick: my team fought as they went: once I was dragged with my foot pinned under my driving-stick, which was itself jammed in the grummet: several times I only managed to catch on anywhere: this went on for six or seven miles, and then they got better. "[
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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