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Dictionary definition: BOILING WATER spills over
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- A Dictionary of Superstitions
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Copyright© A Dictionary of Superstitions 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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BOILING WATER spills over
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Connoisseur
13 Mar.
I heard one of my cousins tell the cook-maid that she boiled away all her sweethearts, ...
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Article: Water spills over river banks and into historic ...
AP Worldstream;
March 19, 2005 ;
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...AP Worldstream 03-19-2005 Dateline: VIENNA, Austria A river swollen by melting ice and snow spilled over its banks in the historic town of Steyr on Saturday, flooding the riverfront's edge but causing no significant damage, state television reported. Residents of the town, about 45 kilometers (30
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