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Meanings of little heaps in English

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Usage of little heaps in English
1
There were little heaps of cartridges lying about on the open card-tables.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
2
He was completing eight little heaps of cards with a contented grunt.
Greenmantle
3
But the little heaps on the dusty earth looked pitifully insignificant.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
4
On another part of the table there were three little heaps of money.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
5
There they were for all the world like two little heaps of snow.
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
6
As she replaced each one, she sorted them automatically into tidy little heaps.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
7
He clung to the little heaps that marked the graves.
The Last Man
8
The criminologist glanced through the papers quickly and sorted them into two little heaps.
The Black Box
9
Helen Adeline divided the money as evenly as she could into four little heaps.
Many Kingdoms
10
There they were in five pathetic little heaps; what should be done with them?
One of Ours
11
Yes, there were ten little heaps, each containing ten bills of a hundred-dollar denomination.
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
12
The floor was covered with little heaps of linen.
The Prince and Betty
13
In little heaps they were, arranged as if offerings to the terrible god of the giants.
Five Thousand Miles Underground; Or, the Mystery of the Centre o...
14
After drying for a few days in compact little heaps it was ready for the threshing-machine.
Nature's Serial Story
15
Put them in little heaps around the dish.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
16
When these weeds are loosened from the soil, they are raked in little heaps and burned.
Jean François Millet / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Po...
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