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Meanings of take the starch in inglês

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Usage of take the starch in inglês
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It was a great planet to take the starch out of the leaders.
Dogs of war
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The Governor says a night in there'll take the starch out of ye.
For the Term of His Natural Life
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I'd like to take the starch out uv the stuck-up feller.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
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I'd like to take the starch out of him at once.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
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There's nothing like this to take the starch out of men.
The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
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The sneaking dock-walloper, I'll take the starch out of him when we land!
Parrot & Co.
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It'll take the starch out of those straight lines.
Flowers for Algernon
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You sure take the starch out of me.
Burning Daylight
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I was just telling Ivy it's good there's no lightning; but the rain does take the starch out of things.
Peggy-Alone
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And when they found they had swallowed it whole-well ,itwould certainly take the starch out of me, he concluded.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
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A bit of ridicule of his fine plot will take the starch out of him, and that's what he needs.
The Hilltop Boys on the River
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Then, he observed, he would "make him dance a jig that would take the starch out of him."
Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnig...
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Of these Merriwell was the leader, and it was agreed that every effort must be made to " take the starch" out of him.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
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Life in the city has taken the starch all out of you.
Wayside Courtships
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Whittle hadn't killed Trudy, but he'd sure taken the starch out of her.
Savage
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It is I who have taken the starch.
Japanese Fairy Tales
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