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  • '"Houligan," I sez to a man in E Comp'ny that was by way av bein' a frind av mine; "I'm overtuk from the belt down.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • These skinny cargos are all the rage with J Brand's Houligan pants in the lead.

    Ysolt Usigan: Chic Cargo Pants... And, They're not $230! 2010

  • Houligan -- he's dead now, but good he was while he lasted -- walked wid me, givin 'me the touch whin I wint wide, ontil we came to the high grass, an', my faith, the sky an 'the earth was fair rowlin' undher me.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "I will get Houligan to pour a bucket over my head," thinks I, an 'I wud ha' risen, but I heard some wan say: "Mulvaney can take the blame av ut for the backslidin 'hound he is."

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • 'I will get Houligan to pour a bucket over my head,' thinks I, an 'I wud ha' risen, but I heard some wan say: 'Mulvaney can take the blame av ut for the backslidin' hound he is. '

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • I'll sleep ut off there, 'sez I; an' Houligan -- he's dead now, but good he was while he lasted -- walked wid me, givin 'me the touch whin I wint wide, ontil we came to the high grass, an', my faith, the sky an 'the earth was fair rowlin' undher me.

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Houligan, the sub-contractor who tried to fight the engineer's estimates on the Jump Creek work.

    The Grafters Francis Lynde 1893

  • "'Houligan,' I sez to a man in E Comp'ny that was by way av bein 'a frind av mine;' I'm overtuk from the belt down.

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

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