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SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE

\skˈa͡ʊ͡əɹɪŋ ɒvðə wˈa͡ɪt hˈɔːs], \skˈa‍ʊ‍əɹɪŋ ɒvðə wˈa‍ɪt hˈɔːs], \s_k_ˈaʊə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ ɒ_v_ð_ə w_ˈaɪ_t h_ˈɔː_s]\

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The ceremony of cleaning out the gigantic figure of a horse cut out by the Danes on the turf of the Berkshire downs.-Tom Brown's School-Days.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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