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Sir, the whole American nation is blue-moulded, Sir.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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You spoke of that American who was blue-moulded for want of a fight.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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And then when they went below, even the swinging-lamps were blue-moulded and stiff.
Macleod of Dare William Black 1869
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The French are very eager for war; and the Austrians, as Paddy says, "are blue-moulded for want of a beatin '."
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Charles James Lever 1839
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If you wish to taste the luxury of being subdued -- if you are, as you say, blue-moulded for want of a beating, and sick at heart of a peaceful existence -- why, marry a wife.
Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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He will not long-be under the necessity of saying that he 'is blue-moulded for want of a beating.'
Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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In truth, he was, during the influence of love over him, and up to the very day of his marriage, secretly as blue-moulded as ever for want of a beating.
Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Are you still 'blue-moulded for want of beating?'"
Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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