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  • And without another word Unc 'Billy Possum started down the Crooked

    The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum 1919

  • It occurred to me that I could call Unc and tell him about the failure in the beans department, then I decided that the longer I waited, the more wrong the Captain would be.

    Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956

  • I tried to call Unc on the Sugar-Pie band, to find out where things stood, but for once he ignored me.

    Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956

  • So Happy Jack sat outside on a branch of the hollow tree where his old storehouse was and scolded, and called Unc 'Billy Possum names, and jerked his tail angrily with every word he said.

    The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum 1919

  • Creed -- no, he ain't so awful bad hurt -- he walks everywheres most -- he's a-goin 'to take the old nag and go over to Todd's corner to see yo' Unc 'Jep, about moonrise to-night.

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

  • "Granny's scared to have him go to talk to yo 'Unc' Jep, but she'd be a heap scareder to have him come to you, 'caze you' one o 'the Turrentines too -- ain't ye, Judith?"

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

  • I giggled, thinking about the expression on Unc’s face after he said it.

    The Hot Box Zane 2010

  • But me an 'Unc' Bernique will strike you sometime, somewheres along the trail.

    Sally of Missouri 1905

  • "An 'Unc' Bernique has he'ped me abaout that," explained the tramp-boy.

    Sally of Missouri 1905

  • Miss, an 'Unc' Ned neber was whopped tell de day he died, neber.

    Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902

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