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  • I got towels up der dryin fings owt,but ifinkso teh TV be ded ansome ob teh kids games an books be a bit soggy.

    Happiest - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • I suggested; 'if so' ee wouldn't do nothink 'ansome for Sam and me; the only copper as we would git art of' im would be the ones 'eed call up ter give us in charge.

    The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Raymond Paton

  • She's gwain to be 'ansome, white as a lily she is, and it'll be better for she if she do have things to think of like the gentry.

    Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse

  • We planted 'er the day before yesterday; she was insured for twelve quid, an' everything was done 'ansome.

    A Girl Among the Anarchists Isabel Meredith

  • "Fine, big 'ansome man, he is," said Henry, "and this chap's got his clothes on."

    The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant 1903

  • She's a 'ansome girl and -- but I daresay it's best not to count chickens before they're' atched.

    The Rose in the Ring George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • And she has given her a chain for her neck, and Madame la Marquise that beautiful 'ansome botelle.

    Pixie O'Shaughnessy George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • If you've got such a thing as an old dress or a pair of trousers, of the master's, I'd allow you 'ansome for them.

    Betty Trevor George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • Why, you eben make a 'pression on dat big,' ansome Northern chap, ole

    The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • "Den, you see, massa, if Yelp not 'ansome, he know eberyting," Quambo used to remark.

    Afar in the Forest William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

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  • short for handsome?

    February 2, 2011