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Meanings of cryptic words in English

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Usage of cryptic words in English
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Sielto's cryptic words didn't rise quite to the level of a warning.
The Winds of Dune
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There was an impersonality, however, about Merton's cryptic words that annoyed me.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
3
For all his cryptic words, Welstiel was right about one thing.
Dhampir
4
This she handed to Poirot, murmuring as she did so the cryptic words:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Only then did the demon child's cryptic words come back to haunt her.
Hidden Warrior
6
As the final result of their strenuous enterprise, these cryptic words seemed pitifully inadequate.
The Black Box
7
During the next day I tried to figure out what the cryptic words referred to.
Valis
8
They sat together, silent, considering these cryptic words.
Angelopolis
9
Or was this punishment to the tree related to those cryptic words before he'd left the cottage?
The captive
10
If you're going back into the halls, there are many, many doors with cryptic words on them.
The dream of perpetual motion
11
In a few moments it crackles with voices and Theo speaks cryptic words and numbers into it.
The good son: a novel
12
But such cryptic words were of little comfort and did more to frustrate Belck than anything else.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
13
For a moment Joan was silent, worrying out the meaning of Martin's abrupt and rather cryptic words.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
14
From Sara came these cryptic words: "For each year of famine there will come seven years of plenty."
The Hollow of Her Hand
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And any of several cryptic words, relating to hypothetical rats, and so forth, were quite enough to send up his ears.
His Dog
16
With these cryptic words he slid off the bed, taking with him the large old-fashioned Bible which always lay by Nanna's bedside.
What Timmy Did
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