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Or there are the more hyperspecific suggestions, like this one from a Neptunes knockoff: “a sample of rick james saying ‘shake ya tailfeatha’ would fit on this.”
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018
Although his restrained fall-winter designs featured darker hues than normal, there were rick pickings for anyone who likes a bright wardrobe.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
BST10:16 15 min: Song makes a bit of a rick inside the centre circle and Newcastle are able to break onto the West Ham back four.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2015
There’s rick material to be mined in comedy when cultures, on the surface, do not mix.
From Forbes ● Sep. 16, 2013
When the wagon was loaded, it was drawn to Sir Ector’s rick and pitched to him.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Down in the tunnels, workers sorted the remains of the dead, filing them by bones into space-efficient ricks and stacks.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Burnley’s welcome back to the Premier League ends in encouraging defeat, while Monday Night Football ends an hour later with no obvious ricks or gaffes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014
In Martinsburg, W. Va., a heifer dropped down between two ricks of straw and subsisted seven weeks without water.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He never imposes himself on his characters, never plays ricks on them or the reader.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I'll run round to the yard and try if I can pull some straw out of one of the ricks.
From The Little Princess of Tower Hill by L. T. Meade