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Meanings of old trunks in English

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Usage of old trunks in English
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He bent down and pulled two old trunks from under the eaves.
In the hat: a novel of suspense
2
She proposed looking over the old trunks in the garret.
The Peterkin papers
3
Presently Grandmother Wheeler rose, entered the storeroom, and began rummaging in some old trunks.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
4
I found it in one of your mother's old trunks.
Up the Hill and Over
5
A stratum of decomposed bark, leaves, cones, and old trunks is still in place.
Travels in Alaska
6
The old trunks that were in the attic, what was in them, I forget?
All That Is
7
The dried resin in the old trunks aided the conflagration, and they were rapidly consumed.
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
8
The music-box played, the pictures were explained, and even old trunks of laid-away treasures ransacked.
The Portion of Labor
9
Far-reaching forests of trees, with weather-beaten gnarled old trunks, stand firm against the mountain storms.
Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters
10
The old trunks were divested of their clothing of creepers, cacti, ferns, mosses, and bromelias.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
11
Then he fell to searching through the old trunks.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
12
As soon as we've finished our cake, we'll look through those old trunks over there.
The New Land / Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of O...
13
Some old trunks, bent with age, showed black against the verdant grass which covered the ground.
The Mysterious Island
14
The ground was somewhat sloping, and made the worth of the old trunks only the more perceptible.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
15
The beech-leaves still retained their youthful brightness, and looked wonderfully light and festive against the century- old trunks.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
16
Who wants to look at a lot of old trunks and broken-up things when one is eating?
The Governess
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