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Sounds like borger needs to read the constitution and learn about the checks and balances. table-leg
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With his free leg, he kicked me until I let go but I pulled him down, managing to make his head hit a table-leg.
How I met Kraai 2010
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Paul knew he would regret it, but was nonetheless helpless to resist asking what in the name of arse was going on, when the blue object did a ninety-degree turn and caught a table-leg a glancing blow.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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If I could interrogate this table-leg in a way that made sense to me, or to the table-leg, then it could provide me with the answer to any question about the universe.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1988
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At the end the tables are placed upside down and a lantern placed on each table-leg.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China Lewis Hodus
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Then she sank down on the floor, carrying the book with her, and leaning her back against a table-leg she lost herself in an interview with Madam S----.
An Australian Lassie Lilian Turner
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Stretched full-length on the carpet, his head beside a table-leg, his feet against the window-jamb, he looked enormous.
Death of a Harbormaster Simenon, Georges 1942
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He approached the sofa, but before throwing himself into one of its inviting corners, manlike he placed one of the large sofa pillows rather gingerly on the floor against a table-leg.
The Fifth Wheel A Novel Olive Higgins Prouty 1928
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We met the "Admiral" in a tavern, from which he had just ejected everyone else with the aid of a table-leg which he still grasped when we entered.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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Abstractedly and yet with joy she fingered the fine work of the table-leg.
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