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Examples
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"That would have taken too long," replied Scott, as he called Clinch to the wheel.
Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859
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I called Clinch back out of my way, and went to the spot.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845
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"Clinch," continued Lannis, "have you heard about a stick-up on the wood-road out of Ghost Lake?"
The Flaming Jewel 1899
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They call me Clinch, which is a good fast word to sail under, too; but it has no handle to it, other than of a poor devil of a master's-mate; and that, too, at an age when some men carry broad pennants. "
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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"Clinch," said Smith unsteadily, "if you kill me now you're as good as dead yourself.
The Flaming Jewel 1899
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"Clinch," said Smith unsteadily, "if you kill me now you're as good as dead yourself.
The Flaming Jewel 1899
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"Clinch," continued Lannis, have you heard about a stick-up on this wood-road out of Ghost Lake? "
The Flaming Jewel 1899
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Einfach Nimmer"), about his cleaning woman and her husband, an aspiring fighter, with the feature "Slow Summer" ("Longsammer Summer"), a semi-documentary portrait of Austrian artists in the unnatural habitant, and the purely fictional "Clinch" ("Schwitzkasten"), the tale of a worker who comes into unhappy conflict with the capitalist system.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Says Catherine Clinch, whose son, Matthew, attended: Like most deaf people, Matthew was very literal in his expressive and receptive language.
Mark C. Miller: Comedy Camp Boosts Kid Comedians' Self-Esteem Mark C. Miller 2011
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Says Catherine Clinch, whose son, Matthew, attended: Like most deaf people, Matthew was very literal in his expressive and receptive language.
Mark C. Miller: Comedy Camp Boosts Kid Comedians' Self-Esteem Mark C. Miller 2011
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