Oh dear dog, the idea of terrapin poo on KY's elegant 'do. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-02] Reference
Soon Jon-Tom and the terrapin were the only ones still playing. From Wordnik.com. [The Time of the Transference]
The terrapin is a small turtle, found on the shores of Maryland and. From Wordnik.com. [North America — Volume 1] Reference
I believe the little tortoise is call a terrapin or 'pik' in Hokkien. From Wordnik.com. [The Obnoxious 5xmom] Reference
Later spelled "terrapin," it meant the diamond-back, the esoteric little creature that spread the fame of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
Your "terrapin" is all in my eye, very little in my mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2] Reference
It is one of those river terrapin which is reared as food. From Wordnik.com. [The Obnoxious 5xmom] Reference
"terrapin": it is about the size of a common land tortoise, and haunts the shallow waters of the bay and the salt marshes around. From Wordnik.com. [Border and Bastille] Reference
In all likelihood, my son will become a Maryland terrapin. From Wordnik.com. [Basketball, shopping for colleges, and the impending empty nest] Reference
Having impregnated my system with turtle, terrapin, mint-julep, and. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
Whatever the noise, all turtles within hearing -- whether terrapin or. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
Cut a terrapin in small pieces, about one inch long, after boiling it. From Wordnik.com. [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference
Old Plop was a large and ancient terrapin that lived in one of the canals. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
A terrapin, thought Brannon, the kind Maryland uses at its football games. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Choice]
Next, put in a pint of terrapin meat and stir all until it is scalding hot. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
The small bones are often left in the terrapin -- if they are Diamondbacks. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book] Reference
His bread was baked upon a hot stone and he drank water from a terrapin shell. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
Why don't you get that lady off from Battle Monument and plant a terrapin in her place?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
I had recently captured, with the aid of Kosti, the ancient terrapin I called Old Plop. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
You run over a list for a girl -- oysters, clams, or terrapin -- and she takes terrapin. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
From above, the paved area resembles a turtle, the terrapin being the University mascot. From Wordnik.com. [The mostly good news about the last one heading for college] Reference
"There is a lake we must cross, so this terrapin will take us there, for he senses water.". From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
Just before serving put in one-half pint of cream and one wineglass of wine to each terrapin. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book] Reference
I have always interpreted terrapin as achieving a point in life of having a hard outer shell. From Wordnik.com. [The WELL: Terrapin Station (entire suite)] Reference
They picture a lion like a dove, a cat like a terrapin, and Gen. Washington like a bird's nest. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819] Reference
Perhaps this would be the proverbial fire under the terrapin which would cause it to move along. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
In the shoal waters along the coast south of Cape Henlopen, terrapin are caught in various ways. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
Cut up the terrapin fine; put in a stew pan with terrapin juice, water, butter, salt, pepper and spices. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book] Reference
The best thing would be, I decided, to reorganize my terrapin pond, which was merely an old tin wash-tub. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
That very night Fussie supped off, not rats, but terrapin and other delicacies in Henry's private sitting room. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Slice one lemon and four hard - boiled eggs into a tureen, pour the stew over them and serve in terrapin dishes. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book] Reference
The diamondbacked terrapin and Federally endangered loggerhead sea turtle are frequently seen during warmer months. From Wordnik.com. [North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina] Reference
They would have seven - and eight-course dinners of terrapin and duck and mutton, ending up with cigars and cognac. From Wordnik.com. [Press Gallery] Reference
Father Banks enjoyed himself amazingly; he eat quantities of stewed terrapin, and declared it the best he ever tasted. From Wordnik.com. [The Garies and Their Friends] Reference
Two blocks away we try to lose uncomfortable ideas in an atmosphere of spermaceti, hot broadcloth, jockey club and terrapin. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
The river terrapin (Batagur baska) has also been reduced to a few small populations on offshore islands as a result of egg overcollection. From Wordnik.com. [Myanmar Coast mangroves] Reference
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