dinnaw

Sundah that comes on me, an 'jolts me up with th' thoughts iv th 'la-ads goin' to mass an 'th' blackthorn turnin 'green beyant, I dinnaw.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

'Ye've been in th' army forty year, 'he says, pushin' his head into th 'grate,' an 'ye shud know that an officer who criticizes his fellow officers, save in th' reg'lar way, that is to say in a round robin, is guilty iv I dinnaw what, 'he says, feedin' him with his soord.

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

An 'whin ye come down to it, I dinnaw as I blame Willum Waldorf Asthor f'r shiftin' his allegiance.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

'I dinnaw that I'll iver put a pipe in me mouth again.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

What th 'butcher done I dinnaw; but annyhow they accused him iv wantin' to poleaxe th 'governmint; an' they thrun him into a cell.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

I dinnaw how it come about, but th 'dimmycrats didn't like th' way th 'thing shtud, an' so they fixed it up between thim that whichiver won at th 'iliction shud commind an' congratulate, an 'thim that lost shud denounce an' deplore.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

I dinnaw why it was, whether it was th 'influence iv our new citizens in

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

If 'twas in Boolgahria or Chiny or on th 'head waters iv th' Bozoon river in th 'sooltynate iv -- iv -- I dinnaw what -- thin'twud be th' jooty iv our gover'mint f'r to resolve that th 'inthrests iv humanity an' civilization an 'th' advancement iv th 'human kind required that we shud step in an' put a head on wan or both iv th 'parties.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Nebuchedneezar -- there's a name f'r ye -- th 'sage iv I - dinnaw-where, says: "Ye can't ate ye'er hay an' have it. "

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Th 'Dimmycrats had rooned th' counthry with their free trade an 'their foreign policy an' their I dinnaw what, an ''twas high time an honest man got a crack at a down-town precinct with a faro bank or two in it.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901