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"O 'course, I ain't no bettin' man," went on Bill, insinuatingly, "as a regular thing, but I'd gamble a few jist here on this pint; if the boys was stuck on anythin 'costin' about seven hundred dollars, it seems to me likely they'd git it in about two days, per'aps."
The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills Ralph Connor 1898
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"True for ye, it _is_ quare, but it's what I'm redooced to, so av you'll be so kind as plaze to blow the sand on to this here tray, it'll be doin 'a poor man a good turn, an' costin 'ye nothin'."
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Nawt sew grate akshully-dis costin me elebentfife munnies a minnit.
I care about ur problemz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I think he's nearly c'wored an 'I'm mighty glad you is, Bud Billins, fur it's costin' a lot of mighty good crockery to c'wore you.
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
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You see, dey makes dey ice en it ain 'costin her nothin.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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I don't calc'late to make errors costin 'upward of a hunderd thousand.
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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I'll no walk under a ladder if I can help it, I'll tell ye, if ye ask me why, that I avoid a ladder because I've heard o 'painters dropping paint and costin' them that was beneath the price o 'the cleaning of their claes, and ye can believe that or no, as ye've a mind!
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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Do you know what it's costin 'to run this place the way it's run?
Cap'n Dan's Daughter Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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Nate said he never had no use for pets -- lazy critters, eatin 'up the victuals and costin' money -- but
The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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But the Jedge advised me not to, said the mortgage was costin 'me only six per cent., and why didn't I put the money where 'twas likely to be a good investment that would pay me eight or ten per cent.?
Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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