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frail in character that it offered no
The bottom was covered not only with grass, but with the thin undergrowth to which allusion has been made, and which was so frail in character that it offered no impediment to the passage of a running horse.
— from Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges by Edward Sylvester Ellis

florist in checking the increase of noxious
Birds are the most effective aids to the farmer and the florist in checking the increase of noxious insects that destroy the fruits of labor.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various

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