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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
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
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
Well, she was engaged to a man named Duncan: he was a widower with three or four children; he had the all-sorts shop down the village, only he moved last year.
From Uncle Max by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
"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
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