Football and shin-kicking matches often resulted in injuries.
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Bear-baiting, cocking- mains, shin-kicking, bulldog-fighting, etc., all greatly enjoyed by the general public a generation or so ago, are now quite generally tabood.
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The purring noise is often used to communicate a sense of content.
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The fall of Clump-clump in particular kept them purring like pet cats.
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A moment and the regular purring of the engines was heard again.
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Everything was silent save the purring murmur of the swiftly moving train.
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The purring and humming increased, and the car seemed to leap forward.
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His voice takes on a purring softness, somewhere between seductive and malicious.
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His subject was a purring muse to the 18th-century poet Christopher Smart.
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Their spitting, purring roars were drowning out the whir of the engines.
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And her low voice mingled pleasantly with the purring of their ski.
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The cat crouched before it, purring and lapping at the same time.
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There it stood, with arched back, purring low as in pleased salutation.
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The animal ran straight up to Major, winding around her legs, purring.
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From the east drifted a purring sound that swelled with startling speed.
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The car hummed along the dusty road, making a soothing, purring noise.
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With the engine purring under the hood, Berman checked his watch again.
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The Suzuki's engine is already purring, and its gearshift rests in neutral.