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Quite so!" cries 'cute MUNDELLA, the corvine chief and conky, "But he who maketh too much noise may show himself a donkey.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 by Various

Frequently there are enough crooked or conky trees to serve the purpose.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson