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daddy longlegs
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As no one appeared but an inquisitive daddy-longlegs, who examined her work with interest, she went to walk, got caught in a shower, and came home dripping.
At night they spent the time rescuing Daddy-longlegs from their candles and rushlights.
A warm May was likely to drive an earlier emergence of craneflies, or daddy-longlegs, a key chick food.
While Saracens also have some sharp English backs, none are quite like Jonny May, the Cherry and White wing with the hurdler's stride and the elusiveness of a flying daddy-longlegs.
Jasmine, looking at her, thought that she resembled a daddy-longlegs less nowadays and more one of those wintry flies that survive the first frosts of autumn and spend their time walking up and down window panes in an attempt to suggest that if the window were open they would be out and about, delighting in the brisk wintry weather.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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