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Meanings of broken twig in English

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Usage of broken twig in English
1
Then he slowly unclenched his hand and the broken twig fell to the ground.
The Hermit of Far End
2
The broken twig came to possess other than literary importance.
The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
3
In the middle of it was a broken twig.
Faith
4
Another stage-property that he pulled out of his box pretty frequently was his broken twig.
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
5
They had come up without the sound of a padded foot or a broken twig.
Baree, Son of Kazan
6
She took up a little broken twig and dug small holes in the ground with it.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
7
I couldn't even find a broken twig in any of the little clumps of outgrowing trees.
Nobody's Man
8
Tantor, who can uproot great trees, trembles with fear at the sound of a broken twig.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
9
Erin hung the bucket on a broken twig.
Chaosbound
10
A broken twig fell, hung suspended a moment, then detached itself again and crapped to earth.
Darkness and Dawn
11
CHILD, how happy you are sitting in the dust, playing with a broken twig all the morning.
The Crescent Moon
12
He prized his broken twig above all the rest of his effects, and worked it the hardest.
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
13
Not the least trace of footsteps could be found, even in a crushed leaf or broken twig.
The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and All...
14
There was a bound, a broken twig, a rustle of dead leaves, and all was quiet again.
Buffalo Roost / A Story of a Young Men's Christian Association B...
15
As Dick came out of the tent he fancied he heard a distant step, crackling on a broken twig.
The High School Boys in Summer Camp
16
Where his feet had touched-orseemed to touch-therewas not a single broken twig, crushed leaf, or trampled shoeshape.
Sympathy for the devil
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