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- not comparableWithout penguins.
‘Penguins?’ I asked our Spanish guide. ‘Si, si, si,’ he agreed with an encouraging grin and plunged on through the penguinless seascape.
1993, Ranulph Fiennes, chapter 2, in Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent, London: Mandarin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 352 more examples
This yearning to hear the pitter-patter of penguin feet is no sudden whim. When a teen-ager, I entertained thoughts of the two of us walking side-by-side on the beach or strolling through shopping centers. As time passed, I knew I must take action or go penguinless through life.
1970 April 19, Pat McDonnell, “Project Penguin fowls out”, in Independent Press-Telegram, volume 19, number 36, Long Beach, Calif., →OCLC, page W-1, column 2I didn’t leave empty-handed though—I absconded with Oddle. I thought he’d make a nice pet and traveling companion. Also, I thought that leaving Tez penguinless might put a dent in his demented carryings-on.*
1989, Pilliard Dickle, “The Palace Calendar”, in The Calendar World of Pilliard Dickle: A Collection of Unique Poster Calendars, Good for All Eternity, Marietta, Ga.: Longstreet Press, →ISBN, page 22, column 2
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