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Meanings of india-rubber ball in English

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Usage of india-rubber ball in English
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Take a soft india-rubber ball to represent the first many-celled animal.
The Story of Evolution
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And over she jumped as lightly as if she too were an india-rubber ball.
The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth ...
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Suppose you put an empty india-rubber ball into water, and then blow into it through a pipe.
Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
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Miss Greeby, as usual, looked large and aggressively healthy, bouncing into the room like an india-rubber ball.
Red Money
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He bounces like an india-rubber ball.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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I dance like an india-rubber ball.
I capture the castle
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I walk always with my right hand closed round the india-rubber ball which I have in my trouser pocket.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
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Inside most fishes there is a bag filled with air, as is the india-rubber ball which you delight to bounce so high.
Twilight and Dawn; Or, Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation
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He laughed as soon as he saw me, threw away his india-rubber ball, and signified that he was to be given to me.
Castellinaria, and Other Sicilian Diversions
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When a black negro cannot speak English, but can bound like an india-rubber ball, it may not be safe to trifle with him.
The Adventures of Captain Horn
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She was all out of breath, rebounding like an india-rubber ball, letting herself be beaten, unable to see or any longer to seek a refuge.
L'Assommoir
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They literally closed as wounds do in an India-rubber ball after prickings with a penknife.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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She bounced like an India-rubber ball.
Trumps
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"Oh, you india-rubber ball!" he cried in humorous despair at her.
The Squirrel-Cage
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The boyish abandon of that stout man was charming to behold, for though he 'carried weight', he danced like an India-rubber ball.
Little Women
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Another tremendous roar helped him over the ice like a deer, and he took the chasm with a bound like an India-rubber ball.
Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions
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