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So, after the wash-up, he weighed in a couple of hundred pounds of dust on the Company's big scales, and took a draft for the same on Dawson.
The Wife of a King 2010
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Night Owl Jr. (above) looks like a sleek badass, not a fat, impotent wash-up.
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Only you can't wait and work until the wash-up in the spring.
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So, after the wash-up, he weighed in a couple of hundred pounds of dust on the Company's big scales, and took a draft for the same on Dawson.
The Wife of a King 2010
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October is usually Parliament's "wash-up" period, where the fag-ends of bills are sorted and the content of the Queen's speech remains officially a mystery.
Gaining the ears of power: your voices can still be heard 2011
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But the sun swept back on its northern journey, the black of midnight changed to the steely color of dawn, the snow slipped away, the water dashed again over the glacial drift, and the wash-up began.
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But the sun swept back on its northern journey, the black of midnight changed to the steely color of dawn, the snow slipped away, the water dashed again over the glacial drift, and the wash-up began.
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His fourth-wicket partnership of 49 inside five overs with Paul Horton was threatening to take the game out of Essex's reach until Wright yorked the pair of them in the 17th over? wickets that were as important as Pettini's runs in the final wash-up of a memorable night.
Mark Pettini leads Essex to thrilling T20 victory over Lancashire Andy Wilson at Chelmsford 2010
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After calling elections British governments face a so-called wash-up period in which they try to push through Parliament as much of their remaining legislation as possible before campaigning begins in earnest.
Conservative Party Pushes Labour to Drop Cider, Other Taxes Alistair MacDonald 2010
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After calling elections British governments face a so-called wash-up period in which they try to push through Parliament as much of their remaining legislation as possible before campaigning begins in earnest.
Conservative Party Pushes Labour to Drop Cider, Other Taxes Alistair MacDonald 2010
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