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...osh, I need your help.” Josh tucked his shirt-coated paunch into his shabby denim trousers and sounded utterly unconvincing: “Anything at all, Isr... ... his booted legs, brushing off imaginary dust specks from the red stripes along his trousers. “Tell me all about it in detail, if you please.” ...

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...o!’ He started towards the street but a bony hand grabbed the back of his trousers. ‘No, my dear,’ the nun said. ‘I think it’s best if you come and s... ...rmally, but something seemed to be wrong. Then the crowd noticed that his trousers were too baggy, the jacket too short and the shoes a few inches t... ...aubed in white and their noses were red. They both wore long, blue, baggy trousers and shirts, and the younger one had a strange look about him, som... ...here was a ripping sound and the mongrel came away a mouthful of Buntee’s trousers between its teeth. ‘Hahaha!’ the chai wallah chuckled. ‘Not bad...

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...ed the rise to the training grounds as morning heat burned the dew from her trousers.  Broad-leafed canopies held the sun's heat at bay, wrapping ... ...hey tried to convey. He studied their filthy vests, the dirt smudging their trousers. They claimed to be from Crossroads, but Watu knew better. It w...

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...stic toy soldiers beside her mother who was clipping wet shirts and military trousers on the clothesline. The noon sun was slapping both their faces t...

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...ve!” he cursed. “Coffee’s always too hot. Now I’ve got to work all day in wet trousers!” As he was getting up with a dripping coffee pot in hand,... ...ut one you’ve already sent -- for Mr. Walter Taylor.” By now he’d wiped his trousers off with a towel and poured himself a short cup of what remai... ...g me to die in a muddy well. When I finished, Marshal Tilghman said, “Your trousers would suggest that you recently spent some time in a well, so... ...yer, so I went right outback to the water station, removed my muddy boots and trousers in the dark, and dumped five or six buckets of water over me ... ..., and dumped five or six buckets of water over me and my clothes. I left the trousers over the line in the rain and carried my wet boots upstairs t...

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...windows were mostly filled with dresses and such, but there were a few men’s trousers and shirts on one end, so I helped her down and decided to fo...

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...th the rank of colonel by them. This man was tall and thin. He was clean-shaven, had sharp and pointed features and fiery red hair. The man wore silk trousers and a silk shirt. He had taken off his silk jacket because of the heat. Silk was a good material for clothes when the wearer is exposed to excessively warm temperatures. It wasn’t cheap, either. The fellow did not mi...

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.... My own thoughts were too jumbled to want to get inside someone else’s. A walk-through dressing room separated bedroom from bathroom. Suits, shirts, trousers and jackets on hangers. A small pile of used clothes slumped outside the bathroom door. I picked up a handful and buried my face. Remembered odours that transported me back four years to our flat. We had shared ever...