Example Sentences

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When a man calls all he sees STRANgers, it's a sign he don't let the grass grow in the road for want of movin'; and a movin' man for me, any day, before your stationaries.

From Oak Openings by Cooper, James Fenimore

Burn it in grates—cook with it—smelt metals with it—burn lime with it—drive engines, not locomotives, but stationaries, with it.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James