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dead man's handle
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dead man's han·dle
(also
dead man's pedal
)
• n. (esp. in a diesel or ...
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from: The Book of the Dead Man.(Poem)
The Southern Review;
June 22, 2006 ;
545 words
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Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Volume 2
Poetry;
August 1, 1998 ;
391 words
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Now you are a killer of white men: Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man and traditions...
Journal of Film and Video;
January 1, 2001 ;
700+ words
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The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;
January 3, 2006 ;
537 words
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Glover, Blades outshine trite `Dead Man' climax
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 10, 1989 ;
700+ words
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China Daily;
July 11, 2006 ;
554 words
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August 21, 1998 ;
434 words
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October 3, 2003 ;
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The buccaneers won't stop here.(Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's...
Daily Variety;
August 21, 2006 ;
700+ words
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August 21, 1998 ;
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March 1, 1999 ;
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...WHEN DEAD Man's Curve released their first single "SurfQuake...ever to be banned from the radio, and Dead Man's Curve gave it the treatment it deserved...in a cliff face ended the main set, but Dead Man's Curve were not allowed to leave the...
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January 1, 2005 ;
337 words
...Dead Man for Harold Steele I saw a dead man once--a man I hadn't known-- he was as gray as the corpse of...his pallor seemed more pale, and his nails were the nails of a dead man, and yet she let them show--instead of folding them inside like...
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