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In the last five days we had but one meal a day, composed at first of about a quarter of a pound of walrus or seal meat, but lately of "kow" -- that is, the thick hide of the walrus, with a thin cover of short hair on it, such as is seen on the old fashioned seal-skin trunks.
Schwatka's Search 1869
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Next time I'll get the water chestnut lobster kow, which is not spicy.
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It’s called kow-towing to the demands of a “civilized society”.
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As the hunters got nothing, we were without even our "kow" the next day, with the prospect of remaining without food until Eeglee-leock and Nanook got back from
Schwatka's Search 1869
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In order to achieve that you must stop kow-towing to the special interests and to the Republicans who absolutely do not have the best interest of the American people at heart!
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But we are all in the kow-tow. on January 31, 2010 at 6: 21 pm Dave
See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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You kow, I thought about you and your theory (ten II is Eleven) last night when I saw the first pictures of Eleven.
One nice thing about the new Doctor... elevenseyebrows 2009
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Also, in the absence of an instrument, Michael would sing to the prompting and accompaniment of Steward's voice, who would begin by wailing "kow-kow" long and sadly, and then branch out on some old song or ballad.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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And it is a message that, unless you kow-tow to an old order, this is what will happen to you.
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I feel ashamed and embarassed, that I didn't kow how many important legislative bills that Senator Kennedy was involved in for the american people.
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