How To Use Croquet In A Sentence
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I don't think they play at all fairly," Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, "and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground -- and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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The chickpea croquettes called falafel and the ever-popular chickpea dip, hummus, are both very good.
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The meatless croquettes have a surprising lightness and a lively upper register of dill.
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Mr Charles Waterfield taking a shot on the croquet lawn.
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Rooms are classically styled and there is an outdoor pool, putting green and croquet lawn.
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It's made with thick grains of sushi rice and served in a bowl with two warm croquettes filled with mango sauce.
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It had a modest lawn where we could play badminton and croquet.
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Outside there are vast gardens, a pool, tennis court and croquet lawn.
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Rooms are classically styled and there is an outdoor pool, putting green and croquet lawn.
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That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn.
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On the lowest lawn twin rows of classical statues eyed each other across a sward dotted with croquet-hoops.
ULTIMATE PRIZES
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Think of the thousands and millions that are being demoralized by games of chance, by marbles -- when they play for keeps -- by billiards and croquet, by fox and geese, authors, halma, tiddledywinks and pigs in clover.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews
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Zucchini croquettes were my second choice, fried in batter, but without the slightest hint of grease, they were light and extremely tasty.
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He might be tempted to take up croquet, or just the croquet mallet in pursuit of his enemies.
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For sport in the garden, there is traditional boules and croquet, another game we borrowed from France.
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You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers.
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The house stays toasty warm thanks to hot pipes accessible through floor panels that open like croquet boxes.
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OOP lang. & codesigner the first GUI's and his Viewpoints Research foundation have created the no limits 3D environment called "Croquet".
Fire in their bellies
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We're going to futz around Brooklyn and then go out for drinkage and reminiscing about how we used to play croquet at the university cemetery while drinking G&T's and quoting liberally from Heathers.
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You can do a lot of the preparation in advance - make and freeze the bacalao fritters and ham croquettes, for example, and marinate the chorizo and lightly roast the baby peppers.
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For brunch, try the Cape Cod cakes $11, croquettes of hijiki seaweed, herbs and spices served with a can't-believe-it's-not-mayonnaise-based vegan tartar sauce.
Not Just for Vegetarians
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The genteel sports of croquet, boules, billiards and tennis are also available.
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The square's garden has a croquet lawn.
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In France, batter is transformed into crisp beignets and croquettes, into traditional waffles peculiar to each region, and into smooth, light crêpes.
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
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Activities such as picnics, walks, riding, croquet, billiards and lawn tennis could show off the young lady at her best angle and prove to the gentleman her intelligence and worthiness of being his bride.
The Country House Party | Edwardian Promenade
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Later works, like The Croquet Player, are fables or political allegories.
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croquet the opponent's ball
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Renvyle House Hotel has an idyllic setting, with its own stretch of beach, superb grounds including a croquet lawn, and rambling but beautifully maintained gardens.
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She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade.
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On the lowest lawn twin rows of classical statues eyed each other across a sward dotted with croquet-hoops.
ULTIMATE PRIZES
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Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet.
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You can do a lot of the preparation in advance - make and freeze the bacalao fritters and ham croquettes, for example, and marinate the chorizo and lightly roast the baby peppers.
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A list of tapas includes garlic shrimp or mushrooms, rice and seafood croquettes, fried calamari and sardines.
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Linda also admired the white rambling roses round a swimming pool while the couple were on holiday: there is now a bank up by the immaculate croquet lawn planted with 12,000 of them.
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Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look.
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Between the two, there's a warm goat cheese croquette with beet tartare, oysters Rockefeller, and other seductive offerings.
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They are meant to hide under the desk and hope they won't be hit by a croquet mallet.
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Of course in order to play croquet you need a stretch of green space and the name of the game of pall-mall is what gave the alley where it was played its name.
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But depend upon it croquet is the game of the future.
Daniel Deronda
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In others he has a cricket bat, golf club, croquet mallet or gun in his hand.
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Stop shot: A technique in which the croqueted ball is hit considerable distance and striker's ball barely moves.
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My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.
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A string quartet played as they walked back down the aisle and the sun shone as guests played croquet on the lawn at the drinks reception.
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In this corner of Pimlico with its croquet lawn and tennis courts?
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She gave her attention to a yard where some young people are playing the newly popular game called croquet.
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As a little cheffy touch, we season the croquettes with a little parsley salt and garnish the dish with baby parsley shoots.
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Outside there are vast gardens, a pool, tennis court and croquet lawn.
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On a completely different note, I am going to try making croquettes with rice instead of potato and with canned tuna instead of mince.
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Halloumi sandwiches with homemade half-wholemeal buns, lettuce, onion and tomato, and a marble box of falafel, croquette balls, brussel sprouts and a cherry tomato.
Bentos #198, 199, 200 and 201! « Were rabbits
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The trophy was an augmented reality croquette on a plate.
Archive 2009-08-01
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Standing at my bedroom window I could almost see the croquet lawns.
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The dark meat may be cooked at once and utilized for boudins, croquettes, salad, cecils, creamed hash, or served on toast with sauce Bordelaise, or used in chafing dish next day.
Made-Over Dishes
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Why do I have the urge to play croquet with fairie heads?
Regretsy – Da Da Da Li La Ma
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Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe.
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The extensive gardens include a pool, tennis court and croquet lawn.
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The best of our tapas starters was unquestionably the goat's cheese croquettes.
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We need to get near one ball, take the first bisque to hit it and croquet it to a useful position whilst getting within hitting distance of another.
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You can embrace your inner toff by enjoying a game of croquet in the grounds.
The Sun
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And, there's mojama salt-cured, air-dried tuna, canned seafood and croquetas.
10 of the best tapas bars in Barcelona
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The croquet match in the topiary is a standout, and Nolan's flair for visual effects is confirmed by the now famous scene in which the King whips off his powdered gray "hair" to reveal that, all along, it has been a wig.
The New Yorker
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I'm just not sure about a croquet set.
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Yet it had large grounds and outbuildings, suitable for experimental work with plants and animals, a productive orchard and a fine croquet lawn.
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There should be pianos that are played, billiard tables in use and croquet lawns to be enjoyed.
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My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.
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Last night I made Salmon Croquettes, salad with avocado, chana masala and brown rice.
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In between you can go mountain biking, horse riding, or play croquet or join one of the numerous classes in the aerobics studio.
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My favourite was the shrimp croquettes, browned balls that looked like potato puffs but tasted like shrimp.
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
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Then he entertained them to refreshments and a game of croquet on the lush lawn.
The Sun
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In recent days there has been a great deal of ill-informed comment about our Deputy Prime Minister’s penchant for the game of croquet; he has suffered obloquy and had contumely poured over him – and dried contumely is a devil to brush off one’s jacket.
The Bonkers Code
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The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together.
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We deduced from their dusty condition, that this particular croquet set hadn't been used since the old viscount's time, and, as we had just done the lawn that day, it was natural that we would put the set to use.
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The masterly series of Montalbano novelsby Andrea Camilleri, set in Sicily, is well-captured in the Italian TV films of Excursion to Tindari and one with a title about croquettes (seeminglywritten for TV by the author).
December 2008
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In the afternoons, one can visit local gardens, play croquet, sit amidst the blooming azaleas, nibble on some Devonshire tea, and adamantly wish for a quick death.
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'I don't think they play at all fairly,' Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, 'and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak -- and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground -- and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming!'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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I suppose they will when they get ready," she answers briefly and returns to her chicken-croquette with the thought that in its sleekness, genteelness, crumblingness, and generally unnourishing qualities it is really rather like Mrs. Winters.
Young People's Pride
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I wish my parents would get a hobby, like croquet or checkers.
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In France, batter is transformed into crisp beignets and croquettes, into traditional waffles peculiar to each region, and into smooth, light crêpes.
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They were not allowed to learn dancing; they had no outdoor games at all, not even croquet -- nothing whatever to exhilarate them and develop them physically except an hour's "deportment," the very mildest kind of calisthenics, in the big class-room once a fortnight, and the daily making of their little beds.
The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
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They are meant to hide under the desk and hope they won't be hit by a croquet mallet.
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
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As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn.
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Christmas and Easter create buying peaks for lines such as sponge puddings, sausages wrapped in bacon, potato croquettes and finger food-sized party selections.
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It has a circular bathroom - tiled entirely in pure white gold - a croquet lawn and a personal butler on hand.
Times, Sunday Times
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An impromptu circus, fox and geese, and an amicable game of croquet finished the afternoon.
Little Women
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From a street stall came the inviting smell of fried ham croquettes.
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It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn.
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O troféu era um pires com um croquette em realidade aumentada.
Croquette Awards
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A list of tapas includes garlic shrimp or mushrooms, rice and seafood croquettes, fried calamari and sardines.
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The croquettes have a crunchy golden exterior and the tender minced salmon is moist and well seasoned.
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A string quartet played as they walked back down the aisle and the sun shone as guests played croquet on the lawn at the drinks reception.
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The horses were there, and tennis courts and a croquet ground where competition was fierce.
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In others he has a cricket bat, golf club, croquet mallet or gun in his hand.
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They were captivated by the beautiful village, played croquet on the lawn and altogether had a delightful time.
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
Times, Sunday Times
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Rooms are classically styled and there is an outdoor pool, putting green and croquet lawn.
Times, Sunday Times
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In this corner of Pimlico with its croquet lawn and tennis courts?
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Spellers were tripped up on words such as croquette, mahi-mahi, klompen and cadenza.
News for Opelika-Auburn News
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Between the two, there's a warm goat cheese croquette with beet tartare, oysters Rockefeller, and other seductive offerings.
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Apart from the croquettes, there really isn't any variety, and that means it's never going to be a regular haunt.
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For added grandeur, how about a game of croquet on the main lawn?
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Its also used to bind mashed potatoes, which are then piped out and deep-fried, a preparation called pommes dauphine the choux paste leavens the croquettes; alternately, you can mix it with leftover mashed potatoes2/3 potato, 1/3 pte chouxform disks, flour them, and panfry for exquisitely light potato pancakes.
Ratio
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To start there is a crumbly biscuit of aged cheddar with a dollop of broccoli purée, followed by a fingernail-sized deep-fried croquette of smoked eel with an intense pommes purée.
Restaurant review: L'Enclume
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It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking.
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The best of our tapas starters was unquestionably the goat's cheese croquettes - light and fluffy inside a crisp breadcrumb coating.
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On board Celebrity Solstice, real grass is used in the half-acre Lawn Club where passengers can enjoy a picnic or join a game of bocce or croquet. Watch glass blowers in action.
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Hoops will generally come in sets of 6, being the number on a standard croquet lawn.
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Transfer cooked croquettes to a plate and keep them warm while frying the remaining mixture.
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Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.
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A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles.
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There are three acres of gardens with a tennis court and croquet.
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Lodge staff served the meal, which consisted of roast chicken, roast beef, potato croquettes, yellow rice, mixed vegetables and mieliepap.
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Octopus and squid ceviche, salt cod croquettes and pot-roast belly pork and cheeks were all good enough to go back for.
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The style is classically colonial, in so far as the beds have four posts, the baths have feet and the lawn has croquet.
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The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland.
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The twelve-year-old called after them, as Craig waved at them with the croquet mallet.
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Shallow-fry three frozen smoked haddock croquettes and lay these on top of the crab.
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The extensive gardens include a pool, tennis court and croquet lawn.
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Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.
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The largest wooden structure in the islands, it's modeled after old English hunting lodges, with a full croquet course and pros to teach you the game.
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For the piece titled Passageways, Toivanen set a croquet ball and mallet against the gallery wall, ready for play.
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In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room.
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There are a number of small balls which must be croqueted into two deep holes, with the aid of long slender mallets.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
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Last night I made Salmon Croquettes, salad with avocado, chana masala and brown rice.
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The style is classically colonial, in so far as the beds have four posts, the baths have feet and the lawn has croquet.
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These wonderful croquettes are well worth the preparation time.
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The pretty stripes, soft flannels, and delicately shaded plaids are worn for lawn-tennis, croquet and archery suits.
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The temples and pavilions dwindled into picturesque ruins while smart new Victorian gardens acquired summer houses and croquet lawns.
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Croquettes of Serrano ham harbor lovely bursts of béchamel.
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But walk those extra blocks and through the sterile lobby of the Alexandria Centre and you will find yourself picking among bar snacks that include salt cod croquettes ($8), a raw bar with steak and sea urchin tartare ($14) and charcuterie such as the famed Spanish Iberico Pata Negra ($11).
'Top Chef' Judge Enters Kips Bay
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A pair of peak-like chicken croquettes drizzled in yellow giblet gravy have extra-crunchy outsides and smooth white-meat insides.
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They are meant to hide under the desk and hope they won't be hit by a croquet mallet.
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We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house.
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The weather might keep you from the average youngster's schedule of playing croquet and partaking in drive-bys, but I've got some really fun stuff that you can make in your own home with everyday objects.
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You can embrace your inner toff by enjoying a game of croquet in the grounds.
The Sun
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` I don't think they play at all fairly, 'Alice began, in rather a complaining tone,' and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak -- and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground -- and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming? '
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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An impromptu circus, fox and geese, and an amicable game of croquet finished the afternoon.
Little Women
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Other options for vegetarians were spinach and parsley croquets or fried cauliflower florets with cheese sauce.
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There are three acres of gardens with a tennis court and croquet.
Times, Sunday Times
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The chickpea croquettes called falafel and the ever-popular chickpea dip, hummus, are both very good.
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And horseshoes and croquet and a grape arbor and apple trees?
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He dressed himself in white, popped his collar toward the heavens, picked up a mallet, and announced in his bogus rich boy's lockjaw, "Croquet anyone?"
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I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden.
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The archaeologists also found remains of two wooden clubs, one the shape of a baseball bat and made of ash, the second the shape of a croquet mallet and made of sloe wood.
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There are activities like tennis and croquet on offer, but most come for the spa.
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Bringing out the not-so-bento box again with this one: Pita bread with halloumi, lettuce and tomatoes; potato croquettes, a container with ajvar dip, and a candy.
Bento #274 « Were rabbits
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But depend upon it croquet is the game of the future.
Daniel Deronda
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Do you play with or without the roquet-croquet?" has now come to be the first point of mutual solicitude in a mixed party.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
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Semolina is therefore used in making gnocchi and croquettes, both of which can otherwise be heavy and stodgy.
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My favourites are their baked veggies - lots of potato, asparagus and carrot - and their Hokkaido Danshaku potato croquette, which are wonderfully soft and creamy.
Fukubukuro - New Year Lucky Bag - purchasing outlook
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On the traditional side, I'd recommend the cod croquettes, deep-fried to create a crispy exterior.
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The shop sells, along with their 10 varieties of badminton shuttlecocks, 3 brands of croquet sets, wallyballs, bocce sets, squash balls, fitness balls, toy balls and much more.
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The 27 acres of grounds of Stainrigg include lawns surrounded by trees, a walled garden as well as a croquet lawn and a boule court.
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I chose spinach croquette and was pleasantly surprised when three large croquettes arrived instead of the one I expected.
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She gave her attention to a yard where some young people are playing the newly popular game called croquet.
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Unfortunately, my dinner date didn't eat fish or seafood, so the garlic shrimp, rice and seafood croquettes, fried calamari and sardines all had to go unsampled.
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
Times, Sunday Times
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They are looper caterpillars, which lift themselves like croquet hoops as they walk along a twig.
Times, Sunday Times
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He might be tempted to take up croquet, or just the croquet mallet in pursuit of his enemies.
Times, Sunday Times
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But we were served one tiny fish croquette type thing and a few chips.
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Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion.
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Set in 3,500 acres of woodland grounds, it has lots of beautiful walks as well as a nine-hole golf course, an all-weather tennis court and a croquet lawn.
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The croquettes have a crunchy golden exterior and the tender minced salmon is moist and well seasoned.
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So the sort of events that were acceptable for women were things like croquet and tennis, because they wouldn't sweat and get terribly hot and look unwomanly.
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
Times, Sunday Times
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Anne Cardenas Jaques Surrey Croquet Set Even trivial pursuits knocking balls through hoops, tossing horseshoes at stakes can be more enjoyable with the right tools.
Grass Menagerie
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Back in the sport's infancy, say 2005, the mallet was a primitive device - wood, heavy, like its cousin in croquet.
The Goalkeeper
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England, the reasons for the general use of the roquet-croquet would be far stronger.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
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In France, batter is transformed into crisp beignets and croquettes, into traditional waffles peculiar to each region, and into smooth, light crêpes.
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The chickpea croquettes called falafel and the ever-popular chickpea dip, hummus, are both very good.
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The golf course has been done up to resume its rivalry of Gleneagles and Turnberry; and, for the dabbler, there's a nine-hole putting green on the lawn, next to the croquet and boules.
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The meal itself had but slight pretensions to elegance; there were neither vol au vents, nor croquettes; neither were there poulets aux truffes, nor cotelletes a la soubise but in their place stood a lordly fish of some five-and-twenty pounds weight,
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 3
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In homage, the chef at Bar Basque, Yuhi Fujinaga, led a team of visiting chefs from the Basque region of Spain to prepare a feast of jam ó n ib é rico, foie gras mousse in wine gel é e, strawberry gazpacho with lobster, Champagne croquetas, cheeses, and gin and tonic gel é es.
Feteing Ferran Adri
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He said the croquettes were perfectly adequate and tasty, but again nothing outstanding.
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It was back to Shenanigans for the Tuesday Special (beef stroganoff and croquette potatoes) and the usual social gathering.
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There are activities like tennis and croquet on offer, but most come for the spa.
Times, Sunday Times
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Standing at my bedroom window I could almost see the croquet lawns.
Times, Sunday Times
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She also had an unusually keen grasp of the subtleties of croquet.
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Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design.
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You can do a lot of the preparation in advance - make and freeze the bacalao fritters and ham croquettes, for example, and marinate the chorizo and lightly roast the baby peppers.
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It precedes a saute of liver and bacon, potato croquettes and fruit salad.
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The table featured a croquet-like hoop at one end called the ‘Port’ and an upright skittle at the other called the ‘King’.
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We built a little palace in our garden, on what used to be the croquet lawn.
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I don't think they play at all fairly," Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, "and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear one's self speak -- and they don't seem to have any rules in particular: at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive: for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground -- and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming!
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales
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The croquette, which is served with many of the available brunch items until 3 p.m. on Sundays, was a deep-fried, golden round of creamy mashed potatoes.
Richmond.com - Main
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The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities.
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We also liked the gator croquettes, crunchy golf-ball-size fritters that are described on the menu thus: "House-made bacon, bechamel, sauce piquante.
Candy Sagon on Mokomandy: Unusual partners make a nice team
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More mundane items were handled with equal care, such as the home-made potato croquettes.
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The temples and pavilions dwindled into picturesque ruins while smart new Victorian gardens acquired summer houses and croquet lawns.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is also a croquet set and equipment for cricket, football, badminton and tennis.
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A trio of lamb chops with properly crisp ribbons of fat probably didn't need the company of a croquette the size of a hockey puck made from long, slow-braised shoulder, but we weren't sorry to see it there, or for that matter the bronzed disc of boulangerie potatoes.
Restaurant review: the British Larder
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There are just under nine and a half acres of grounds, mostly formal gardens, including a lily pond and croquet lawn.
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There were fencing arenas, croquet wickets, balls to toss at targets, archery ranges, horseshoes and stakes, tracks for footraces, and more.
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The finger-food menu offers curried Rice Krispies squares and chorizo croquetas with garlic aioli. Try the deliciously sinful fried PBBB sandwich—peanut butter, bacon, and banana.
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I'm just not sure about a croquet set.
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On our night it was beef casserole with spinach and potato croquettes.
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It seems a pity to side with one poor authority against three good ones, but there is no doubt that the present tendency of the best players is to cultivate the roquet-croquet more and more; and after employing it, one is as unwilling to give it up, as a good billiard-player would be to revert from the cue to the mace.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866
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She lives in a whitewashed house deep in the home counties with pine trees in the drive and croquet hoops in the lawn.
Times, Sunday Times
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The coquetry and sexual dishonesty, implicit in the dialogue, was missing in her performance which boiled down to a nice suburban mother making a choice of her partner for the croquet match between two contrasting, naughty boys.
