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  • The obvious advantage was that the stick could inflict serious damage, without guaranteeing you the five-stretch you'd get if you were caught on your way to a kneecapping with a loaded pistol.

    विमल, or meet Vimal, India's pulp hero Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • Flash Jack from me that where he can put me away for one thing I can put him away for half-a-dozen; and if I go into gaol for a five-stretch he goes in for ten.

    Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life 1902

  • I'd sooner do a five-stretch than take Peggy back again.

    Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life 1902

  • People are bitter about doing a 'five-stretch thanks to a grass', and some people are into some other people for 'seven large', or maybe 'two large', if only someone would tell them how large that is, exactly.

    Film | guardian.co.uk 2008

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