devil's daughter's portion

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• Portion

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• moist daughters

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• dog's portion

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• rochester portion

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• tetbury portion

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• blue devils

  Low spirits. ...

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• devil's daughter

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• devil's dung

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• devil's guts

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• devil's guts

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• blue devils

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• devil's claw

  A very strong kind of split hook made to grasp a link of a chain cable, and used as a stopper. ...

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• devil's smiles

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• Daughters-in-law

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• Jezreel, Portion of

  The field adjoining the city (2 Kings 9:10, 21, 36, 37). Here Naboth was stoned to death (1 Kings 21...

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• hand basket portion

  A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...

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• Devil's darning-needle

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• devil's darning needle

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• devil's table-cloth

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