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  • George bring nice breakfas ', but he di'n' eat a thing.

    The Turmoil 1915

  • "He di'n 'say nothin'," Mrs. Silver replied eloquently.

    Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington 1907

  • An 'still tha'z droll you di'n' know that, but tha'z maybe biccause each one he's think another he's tol 'you, and biccause tha'z not a prettie cheerful subjec', eh?

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

  • "And so my 'usband he di'n' want those Courteney 'to be ahead of those Hayle' in having boys!"

    Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi George Washington Cable 1884

  • But she was modess and di'n 'look in his face till he was biggening to drink.

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

  • He di'n 'run away to ezcape that war; he di'n' know 'twas going to be, and he came back in the mi'l 'of it, whiles the city was in the han' of that Union army.

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

  • "If she di'n 'know, di'n' feel, di'n 'see, thad you are loving her?"

    Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884

  • "Me," said the pretty matron, "I was nearly ready to 'ave those twin', but Gideon Hayle he di'n 'know they was goin' be twin ', an' he di'n 'know those twin' goin 'be boys!"

    Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi George Washington Cable 1884

  • "Why you di'n 'tell me ed'cation goin' teck my boy 'way from me?"

    Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana George Washington Cable 1884

  • But mademoiselle di'n 'have to be embarrazz' what to answer, biccause Mélanie she's so rattle 'she don't wait to hear.

    The Flower of the Chapdelaines George Washington Cable 1884

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