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The Doctor, he fried up a dish of all-sorts in his happiest manner and took it around in a cheerful voice.
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Phillips, Henry Wallace
Of course he had been sent to live at the "men's hut" amongst the all-sorts that at shearing season crowd that unsavoury abode.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada
We've got six or eight all-sorts, some awake and some asleep, but I suppose we shall have to let 'em go again.
From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Rohmer, Sax
"Quite a bundle of all-sorts on the opposite counter there," I said to the woman, as I paid her for the candles.
From The Queen of Hearts by Collins, Wilkie
He found the bar-room crowded, but not with the usual Regatta Night throng of all-sorts.
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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