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  • ‘Lor, do adun, Mr. Weller!’ and that his hat had fallen off a few moments before — from both of which tokens we should be disposed to infer that one kiss, or more, had passed between the parties.

    The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 2007

  • The lights flickered suddenly, and a soft female voice said, "Rathan adun dahad, shai unkahan amaranalei."

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • Me nom hire ⁊ dude swa þ̵ hit ȝeat adun of þe ȝerden. ant heo bigon to ȝeien.

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • Ah for {} þi ha  {60} beoð þe leasse to meanen þ̵ ha biuoren hond leornið hare meoster to makien grim chere. hwen ha ihered þat god skletteð þe earen adun · Ah þe lust

    Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

  • We merely know that after a short pause Mary said, 'Lor, do adun, Mr. Weller!' and that his hat had fallen off a few moments before -- from both of which tokens we should be disposed to infer that one kiss, or more, had passed between the parties.

    The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841

  • We merely know that after a short pause Mary said, 'Lor, do adun, Mr. Weller!' and that his hat had fallen off a few moments before -- from both of which tokens we should be disposed to infer that one kiss, or more, had passed between the parties.

    The Pickwick papers 1836

  • Mi-e ciuda ca nu am reusit sa ma adun (inca!) sa vad serialul asta zanduka: petrutdanut, tema aia mai exista nu neaparat pentru Six, cat pentru faptul ca asa mi-am dorit eu.

    Seriale tv - TvBlog 2010

  • From the day word got out that Penang Deputy CM 1 may quit his adun-ship, the new PM was fast in inferring (can't blame him though after losing 4) that BN might not contest the by-election because it was a WASTEFUL EXERCISE.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • We had a DAP 4W car driven by Dr Cheah adun for D Utama, Dariff Din (melayu bukan cina but look and talk cina all the way), Lee Yau Hui, James Ooi and a couple other guys.

    desiderata-ylchong 2009

  • Tapi ada yang di sayang kan, ternyata sayah sangat berterimakasih telah ikut di ajak dalam acara yang seru ini, acaranya rame euy, ada bos dedi, mang adun, den ucup, pak ikhwan, bung arsye,

    Planet Ubuntu Indonesia 2008

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