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Fly up the Creeks
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The Fly-up-the Creeks — «болотные цапли». Презрительное прозвище жителей Флориды (XIX в.), которые, по свидетельству очевидцев, при виде незнакомых людей старались от них скрыться, подобно этим пугливым птицам, населявшим болотистые низменности Флориды … Словарь топонимов США
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