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1  Very few men have the power of wrist that this woman has.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVI
2  He took his hand from hers, and turned that wrist up on the table.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVI
3  If you talk of strength," said Mr. Jaggers, "I'll show you a wrist.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVI
4  He was taken on board, and instantly manacled at the wrists and ankles.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter LIV
5  I had told Wemmick of his showing us her wrists, that day of the dinner party.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XLVIII
6  "I'll show you a wrist," repeated Mr. Jaggers, with an immovable determination to show it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVI
7  Joe scooped his eyes with his disengaged wrist, as if he were bent on gouging himself, but said not another word.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XVIII
8  Molly," said Mr. Jaggers, not looking at her, but obstinately looking at the opposite side of the room, "let them see both your wrists.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVI