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  • This double made some of the beggars over-shoot the mark, and run past the statute of George the Fourth, but, seeing their mistake, or hearing the other portion of the pack running in the contrary direction, they speedily joined heads and tails, and gave me a devil of a burst up the narrow lane by the Wite 'Orse' Otel.

    Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Robert Smith Surtees 1833

  • But she has new words - Orse (Horse) and Dish (Fish).

    A TV day ailbhe 2005

  • This was the first trip where she spoke to Daddy on the phone and they had actual conversations - she told him about the Orse and the Dow and Meemee and the T'ain and all.

    Trip to Galway, Aran, and back again ailbhe 2005

  • And I don't know what you'd call me if it ain't an 'Orse Marine.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 Various

  • At Plaisance they have sequestered a chalice and a sum of 175 franks, the personal property of M. l'abbé Orse, first vicar.

    The Insurrection in Paris

  • 'Orse shied, and backed into a' edge, and it looked so remarkable rum,

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 Various

  • I always sy to Bert we 'ave the most interestin' pubs in London on this route, White 'Orse, the' Orns, the Elephant an 'the Ayngel.

    The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

  • 'Orse at Brixton is better-known, an' I know a chep wot says the

    The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

  • Don't touch 'im or you goin' spin lak 'top an' mebbe you go over W'ite 'Orse sideways.

    The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Cheer, O cheer the 'Orse Guards watchin' tender o'er us,

    Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900

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