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miscellany

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miscellany
a miscellaneous collection of essays, poems, etc., by different authors in one volume


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Under that, the miscellany began--a quadrant, a tin canikin, several sticks of tobacco, two brace of very handsome pistols, a piece of bar silver, an old Spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mostly of foreign make, a pair of compasses mounted with brass, and five or six curious West Indian shells.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Carts, carriages every- where, the most astonishing miscellany of conveyances and horseflesh.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
The Martha and the Flibberty-Gibbet came and went, as did all the miscellany of coasting craft that dropped in to wait for a breeze and have a gossip, a drink or two, and a game of billiards.
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