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  • "Be ca'm, Bill; be ca'm," he admonished himself, as he broke ground for the final hole where the sides of the "V" had at last come together in a point.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • Jes 'be ca'm now, an' we'll do the trick with neatness and despatch.

    JAN, THE UNREPENTANT 2010

  • "Be ca'm, Bill; be calm," he admonished himself, as he broke ground for the final hole where the sides of the "V" had at last come together in a point.

    All Gold Canon 2010

  • Many's the time I've laid awake a-listenin 'for it when the wind was wild and the sea lashin' up over the rocks; and now it's come on a night as ca'm as a prayer-meetin '.

    Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

  • Was ol 'Cap'n Jack here he sho' would ca'm you down wid a club.

    Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

  • An 'Sonny, he behaved mighty purty; set up perfec'ly ca'm an' composed thoo it all, an 'took everything in good part, though he didn't p'intedly know who was bein' baptized, 'cause, of co'se, he couldn't hear the words with the rain in his ears.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • "What do you mean by a ca'm night without a draft of air?" asked the young fellow, in a superior tone, while at the same time I detected a smile lurking about the corners of his eyes.

    Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

  • Git ca'm. Stan 'still till Ah adorns yo' wid de soopreem belly band.

    Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

  • Says I: "Parson," says I, speakin 'thess ez ca'm ez I am this minute -- "Parson," says

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • That's what I done, and if you'll search them records you'll find the word 'easterly' standin 'cool and ca'm in every place where it ought to be ....

    Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922

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