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Example sentences for: chestnuts

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Hence those various other acid chestnuts of his:
This version came from the fable of the monkey which used a cat's paw to draw hot chestnuts from a fire.
The village became famous for its cherries and chestnuts, and the popular liqueurs ginja and licor de castanha.
He also takes whacks at those old chestnuts and/or and ss . Under the heaviest duress, such as the threat of boiling in ink, lawyers might relinquish all these; but they will fight to the bitter end and finally die at the barricades before surrendering their whereases . Never mind that, the author says; Whereas is consistently vague, meaning variously `the fact is,' `although,' `considering that,' `on the contrary,' and `that being the case,' with many shadings in between.
Inside: Our chestnuts are roasting over an open fire.