The ideas may be fresh, but both pubs have retained their rustic character: flagstones on the floor, rough beams, a crackling fire in the grate and, most importantly of all, a passionately loyal local clientele.

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Sergeant Willie Grate is here after serving 24 years in the infantry.

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Grate the peeled apples coarsely and toss in as well.

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As such, the very idea of empire grates on his ears in a way it does not grate mine.

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You may have to flush your toilet twice because of the low flow standards from the Department of Energy, and when you go downstairs for breakfast, even the size of the holes in the Swiss cheese that you grate into your omelet are regulated by the Department of Agriculture.

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In February, Hasbro offered to add a plastic grate to keep young fingers out of the oven.

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