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- " The southern side of the boulevard was covered with torn cartridge wads; the sidewalk on the northern side disappeared beneath the mortar torn from the fronts of the houses by the bullets, and was as white as if snow had fallen on it; while pools of blood left large dark patches on that snow of ruins. - "Napoleon the Little", Victor Hugo.
- Come up to 'Castle Cut 'Em, ' and pull your wads and pay. - "King Spruce, A Novel", Holman Day.
- Three small crosses of wood were placed near the wands; much white paper, clipped and cut into decorated designs, was lying about, as also wads of cotton, colored wools, long strings of yarn, and bits of half- beaten bark fibre. - "In Indian Mexico (1908)", Frederick Starr.