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Examples
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The rosary beads shook on his wrist and the head nid-nodded.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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The rosary beads shook on his wrist and the head nid-nodded.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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As the spring-cart nid-nodded down the hill towards Troy, the grey roofs of the town broke upon Hester's sight beyond a cloud of fuchsia blossoms in a garden at the angle of the road.
Shining Ferry Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"Oh, it was only nonsense talk, mammie," Dulce would answer; and the sisterly chit-chat would recommence, and her mother's head nid-nodded on the cushions until the next interruption.
Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874
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It used to be a little embarrassing to me at first to see myself surrounded by the vacant waxen faces staring at us, with every variety of smirk and bland fatuous expression: the flaxen heads nid-nodded over open lesson-books, propped up in limp, leathery arms.
Esther : a book for girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874
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