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  • The next morning me and a few friends went over to Raglan, which is a small town right by the coast.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • The place we were heading was called Raglan - home to some V famous surf beaches - which is of course what people of our caliber need.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2008

  • As we left the ship's side we gave the master and crew of the 'Raglan' a hearty

    A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858

  • An impeccable site was chosen off Raglan Street on the northern side of Sale, not too far from the corner of Pearson Street.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Besides the balaclava (named for one of the significant battlefields), there's the Cardigan sweater (named for the officer who led and somehow survived the Charge of the Light Brigade), and the Raglan style sweater/shirt (named for Cardigan's senior officer, relative, and antagonist).

    What do hunters and bank robbers have in common? They both wear balaclavas. What-a-clavas? 2010

  • Besides the balaclava (named for one of the significant battlefields), there's the Cardigan sweater (named for the officer who led and somehow survived the Charge of the Light Brigade), and the Raglan style sweater/shirt (named for Cardigan's senior officer, relative, and antagonist).

    What do hunters and bank robbers have in common? They both wear balaclavas. What-a-clavas? 2010

  • Oh, and BTW, "Cecil" is a girl's name this time, just so you know in the future when you want to recommend her book to someone curious about where Cardigan and Raglan sleeves came from.

    The reason why you shouldnt say the reason why 2010

  • "The covered wagon" will from this day forward be known as "The Raglan Pullover".

    PRO LIFERS PROTEST ‘HORTON HEARS A WHO’ 2008

  • He loves the luxury and comfort of Raglan Castle; I swear he would prefer it to the holy plainness of my new home at Woking, if he had ever been allowed to see my home.

    The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

  • Grant and B.oadfoot and J.B. Hickok and Raglan and God knew who else along the way, all urging hapless Flashy into the soup by blackmail and brute force, and nothing to be done about it.

    Watershed 2010

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