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Carding wool as a preliminary to fine carding.

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Usage examples (11)
  • Of what use were the Sunday schools, the night schools, and the sewing classes, when in the evenings there was Joe Garland with his infernal and eternal tum-tumming of...
  • As his daughter recalled it to McCabe, Cohan then sang the song that included the famous lines: “Over there, over there,/Send the word, send the word over there,/That the Yanks...
  • That brought to mind the advice almost a century ago of an American geopolitician describing the only exit strategy worth considering: Over there, over there Send the word,...
  • This vehicle also improves the tumming of the vehicles.
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