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I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
For cloth or half-cloth binding a hollow back is frequently glued on.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
The spot chosen was in a hollow, back of a gently rising slope.
From Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division by Kilner, Frederic R.
His figure was very muscular and upright, with a hollow back and lean flanks.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
This exercise is the best help that can be given for a hollow back.
From How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
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