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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Oxford mixture (which see, undermixture ).
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Examples
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The Giants rushed for 117 yards on 32 carries and for the first time, Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Jacobs looked like the thunder-and-lightning set the Giants envisioned, as Mr. Jacobs got involved early.
Let the Good Times Roll Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010
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"I've never seen a dog so panicked over a thunder-and-lightning storm," says Dan, 49, a former farm and factory worker.
Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero Michael M. Phillips 2010
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The last few weeks everyone has been complaining about the heat (though we have had a few lovely hour-long thunder-and-lightning storms in the evenings), which means the temperature has been in the mid-eighties.
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It's also very impressive in a thunder-and-lightning storm.
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Except in Castro Valley, where a stray cloud produced a spectacular 25-minute combination hail storm and thunder-and-lightning show this morning.
40 Years Ago Today 2007
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Except in Castro Valley, where a stray cloud produced a spectacular 25-minute combination hail storm and thunder-and-lightning show this morning.
Archive 2007-04-01 Peggy 2007
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I recollect my costume very well: a thunder-and-lightning coat, a white waistcoat embroidered neatly at the pockets, a lace frill, a pair of knee-breeches, and elegant white cotton or silk stockings.
The Fatal Boots 2006
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We must give Webster all the thunder-and-lightning circulars and advertising enginery that is needful.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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We must give Webster all the thunder-and-lightning circulars and advertising enginery that is needful.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Dams, pressing forward with many a blustering oath, at the head of the warriors of Hell-gate, clad in their thunder-and-lightning gaberdines; and lastly, the standard-bearers and body-guard of
Washington Irving 2004
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