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Meanings of build a cairn in English

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Usage of build a cairn in English
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But we should build a cairn here.
Analog sff, december 2009
2
You can't build a cairn here.
Dagmar's daughter
3
How do the Pingers know that when they want to talk to you they should build a cairn on the beach at such-and-such place?
Seveneves
4
I found a quiet place under a willow and built a cairn of stones.
The Wise Man’s Fear
5
The weather was fine again on March 12, and they built a cairn for the depot.
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
6
Recently some women have built a cairn of rocks there in token of respect and remembrance.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
7
'We can build a cairn in the hills ahead,' said Rint.
Forge of Darkness
8
"Summon your men, Francis," he said, "they must build a cairn here."
The Atrocity Archives
9
"Jacques, I don't think we should try to build a cairn here," Helen said.
Analog sff, december 2009
10
"Can't we build a cairn over it with the rocks from the fence?" Latie asked.
The Mammoth Hunters
11
"Help me to build a cairn," said I.
Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr...
12
He climbed the highest mountain in those parts, and built a cairn on the summit, in which he hid a powder-horn with a writing within.
Salute to Adventurers
13
They had built a cairn of stones over her body, as they had done over the bodies of the two children killed by the cold.
Genesis
14
The party built a cairn of snow after each hour's travelling to serve as guides to the depot and as marks for the return journey.
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
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