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At least one collector went on a shopping spree: The South American buyer of that bowler-hat Magritte also paid $8.1 million for Amedeo Modigliani 's "The Curly-Haired Blonde," twice its high estimate.
$16.3 Million Max Ernst Caps Christie's Choppy Sale Kelly Crow 2011
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Beacon wore steel-gray uniforms that contrasted with light gray stockings—bowler-hat colors, Ruby supposed, though mostly they made her think how wearing such dark uniforms must feel on hot midsummer days.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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Beacon wore steel-gray uniforms that contrasted with light gray stockings—bowler-hat colors, Ruby supposed, though mostly they made her think how wearing such dark uniforms must feel on hot midsummer days.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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Beacon wore steel-gray uniforms that contrasted with light gray stockings—bowler-hat colors, Ruby supposed, though mostly they made her think how wearing such dark uniforms must feel on hot midsummer days.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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Among the coarser, kitchen-type wares, there are elliptical platters and funny bowler-hat shaped cups with wide flaring rims.
Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Narmer's Temple: Week 3 Pottery Assessment 2002
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Lower left: sake jars, elliptical platters, and bowler-hat cups.
Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Narmer's Temple: Week 3 Pottery Assessment 2002
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After decades of the bowler-hat and furled-umbrella literit that made his academic reputation, Cleanth Brooks has reverted with a rebel whoop to the Confederacy.
The Over-Wrought Urn Mudrick, Marvin 1964
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Meanwhile Lew Ayres, wearing a bowler-hat, ran his wagonette to Stroud twice a week.
Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959
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The grinning skull finally peered through all disguises; the last hour, held at bay by every device our will and imaginations knew, came in the end, and once more it was the bowler-hat, the Eton collar, the knickerbockers, and (clop-clop-clop-clop) the evening drive to the quay.
Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955
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- Worst of all is the bowler-hat, apparently made o£ iron, which grasps my head.
Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955
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