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black shag

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noun

  1. Also called: kawau.  a large dark-coloured shag, Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandis , of Australasian waters

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Trading her flowing red hair for a black shag and dressing in dark clothing, Chastain captures Annabel’s fear of motherhood and a settled life, which she views as a more concrete threat than any spectral creature.

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When we raised the money, we rented a small studio apartment in South San Francisco with thick black shag carpeting and we got some tables and chairs and a white board.

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Gone was now the old life for Black Shag, with its leisureliness and ease.

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At the words mother-longings stirred in Black Shag's heart.

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Three handsome green-white eggs soon lay in Black Shag's nest.

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