Tom Sawyer

noun

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Coates had never read Tom Sawyer before his eldest brought it home last winter.
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There are three rustic treehouses in the middle of the 48-acre Edisto River Refuge, which allow for an overnight paddle worthy of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
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At this point, he became Tom Sawyer, letting his musical compatriots—and the folk tradition—help paint his musical fence.
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The controversy over Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is in many ways emblematic of the crisis in which publishing finds itself.
Dale Peck Criticizes Publishing Industry: Says Writers Must Stand Up | Dale Peck | May 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Obama, once considered to be the smartest guy in the room, just keeps on painting Tom Sawyer's fence.
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But the same is true of characters who have, as a result of their fame, become icons: Hamlet, Tom Sawyer, Lolita.
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Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
I did wish Tom Sawyer was there; I knowed he would take an interest in this kind of business, and throw in the fancy touches.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
A good deal of whitewash has flowed past the fence, but Tom Sawyer's trick still holds good.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood Broun
Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine

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