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XX

powdered sugar.

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Example sentences from the Web for xx

And the music, with the exception of the songs by Lana Del Rey and The xx, is awful.
‘The Great Gatsby’ Debate: Is Baz Luhrmann’s Film Genius or Rubbish?|Marlow Stern, Isabel Wilkinson|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That it received a big co-sign from The xx was just the icing on the cake.
Best Songs of 2012: Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift, Jack White & More (VIDEO)|Marlow Stern|December 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Syr, quod he, xx nobles was inne the pourse; I am halfe a walshe man; and my name is John vp Janken.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown
We certainly would not charge him xx with theoretical atheism, holding as he does this ultimate religious idea.
Illustrations of Universal Progress|Herbert Spencer

XX, 29, is perhaps a name compounded with that of a king, the latter being in a cartouche.
El Kab|J.E. Quibell
And xx mark for the soule of Stevyn York to the werkys of the chirche and to other werkys doon before.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power
Where on earth—-or elsewhere—have we got to from the XX century and the Sierra?
Man And Superman|George Bernard Shaw

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