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Though all was gone, save reeky bone, a green and grisly heap, With scarce a trace of fleshly face, strange posture did it keep.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

This sail and the reeky smokestack beyond, and the great near billows that emerged from time to time out of the gray obscurity—these seemed to save the universe from chaos.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward

He turned, surprised, unconsciously placing himself between her and the reeky water.

From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie

Stratford Marlowe and I worked throughout the night, troubled by reeky candles, rain and chill.

From Voices from the Past by Bartlett, Paul Alexander

A reeky house and a girnin' wife, will lead a man a fashious life.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander




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