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That, however, is the height of pedantry, and an unswallowable mouthful at the top of any page not a document.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

Snubs are not pleasant fare at the best of times, and I think children’s snubs are the most unswallowable; they are so sincere and to the point.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

Instead of doing this, he regarded the stick and Egbert as being constructed all in one piece, and imagined that he had happened upon a new breed—of unswallowable frog.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir